Shifted Windows Transformers for Medical Image Quality Assessment

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06034v1
• Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:39:26 GMT
• Title: Shifted Windows Transformers for Medical Image Quality Assessment
• Authors: Caner Ozer, Arda Guler, Aysel Turkvatan Cansever, Deniz Alis, Ercan Karaarslan, Ilkay Oksuz
• Abstract summary: CNN-based approaches are used to assess the image quality, but their performance can still be improved in terms of accuracy. In this work, we approach this problem by using Swin Transformer, which improves the poor-quality image classification performance. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first vision transformer application for medical image quality assessment.
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• Abstract: To maintain a standard in a medical imaging study, images should have necessary image quality for potential diagnostic use. Although CNN-based approaches are used to assess the image quality, their performance can still be improved in terms of accuracy. In this work, we approach this problem by using Swin Transformer, which improves the poor-quality image classification performance that causes the degradation in medical image quality. We test our approach on Foreign Object Classification problem on Chest X-Rays (Object-CXR) and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Classification problem on Cardiac MRI with a four-chamber view (LVOT). While we obtain a classification accuracy of 87.1% and 95.48% on the Object-CXR and LVOT datasets, our experimental results suggest that the use of Swin Transformer improves the Object-CXR classification performance while obtaining a comparable performance for the LVOT dataset. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first vision transformer application for medical image quality assessment.

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