A Mutual Inclusion Mechanism for Precise Boundary Segmentation in Medical Images
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08201v1
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:14:35 GMT
- Title: A Mutual Inclusion Mechanism for Precise Boundary Segmentation in Medical Images
- Authors: Yizhi Pan, Junyi Xin, Tianhua Yang, Teeradaj Racharak, Le-Minh Nguyen, Guanqun Sun,
- Abstract summary: We present a novel deep learning-based approach, MIPC-Net, for precise boundary segmentation in medical images.
We introduce the MIPC module, which enhances the focus on channel information when extracting position features.
We also propose the GL-MIPC-Residue, a global residual connection that enhances the integration of the encoder and decoder.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Abstract: In medical imaging, accurate image segmentation is crucial for quantifying diseases, assessing prognosis, and evaluating treatment outcomes. However, existing methods lack an in-depth integration of global and local features, failing to pay special attention to abnormal regions and boundary details in medical images. To this end, we present a novel deep learning-based approach, MIPC-Net, for precise boundary segmentation in medical images. Our approach, inspired by radiologists' working patterns, features two distinct modules: (i) \textbf{Mutual Inclusion of Position and Channel Attention (MIPC) module}: To enhance the precision of boundary segmentation in medical images, we introduce the MIPC module, which enhances the focus on channel information when extracting position features and vice versa; (ii) \textbf{GL-MIPC-Residue}: To improve the restoration of medical images, we propose the GL-MIPC-Residue, a global residual connection that enhances the integration of the encoder and decoder by filtering out invalid information and restoring the most effective information lost during the feature extraction process. We evaluate the performance of the proposed model using metrics such as Dice coefficient (DSC) and Hausdorff Distance (HD) on three publicly accessible datasets: Synapse, ISIC2018-Task, and Segpc. Our ablation study shows that each module contributes to improving the quality of segmentation results. Furthermore, with the assistance of both modules, our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods across all metrics on the benchmark datasets, notably achieving a 2.23mm reduction in HD on the Synapse dataset, strongly evidencing our model's enhanced capability for precise image boundary segmentation. Codes will be available at https://github.com/SUN-1024/MIPC-Net.
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