SAMRI-2: A Memory-based Model for Cartilage and Meniscus Segmentation in 3D MRIs of the Knee Joint

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.10559v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:18:01 GMT
• Title: SAMRI-2: A Memory-based Model for Cartilage and Meniscus Segmentation in 3D MRIs of the Knee Joint
• Authors: Danielle L. Ferreira, Bruno A. A. Nunes, Xuzhe Zhang, Laura Carretero Gomez, Maggie Fung, Ravi Soni,
• Abstract summary: This study introduces a deep learning (DL) method for cartilage and meniscus segmentation from 3D MRIs using memory-based VFMs. We trained four AI models-a CNN-based 3D-VNet, two automatic transformer-based models (SaMRI2D and SaMRI3D), and a transformer-based promptable memory-based VFM (SAMRI-2)-on 3D knee MRIs from 270 patients. SAMRI-2 model, trained with HSS, outperformed all other models, achieving an average improvement of 5 points, with a peak improvement of 12 points for tibial cartilage.
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• Abstract: Accurate morphometric assessment of cartilage-such as thickness/volume-via MRI is essential for monitoring knee osteoarthritis. Segmenting cartilage remains challenging and dependent on extensive expert-annotated datasets, which are heavily subjected to inter-reader variability. Recent advancements in Visual Foundational Models (VFM), especially memory-based approaches, offer opportunities for improving generalizability and robustness. This study introduces a deep learning (DL) method for cartilage and meniscus segmentation from 3D MRIs using interactive, memory-based VFMs. To improve spatial awareness and convergence, we incorporated a Hybrid Shuffling Strategy (HSS) during training and applied a segmentation mask propagation technique to enhance annotation efficiency. We trained four AI models-a CNN-based 3D-VNet, two automatic transformer-based models (SaMRI2D and SaMRI3D), and a transformer-based promptable memory-based VFM (SAMRI-2)-on 3D knee MRIs from 270 patients using public and internal datasets and evaluated on 57 external cases, including multi-radiologist annotations and different data acquisitions. Model performance was assessed against reference standards using Dice Score (DSC) and Intersection over Union (IoU), with additional morphometric evaluations to further quantify segmentation accuracy. SAMRI-2 model, trained with HSS, outperformed all other models, achieving an average DSC improvement of 5 points, with a peak improvement of 12 points for tibial cartilage. It also demonstrated the lowest cartilage thickness errors, reducing discrepancies by up to threefold. Notably, SAMRI-2 maintained high performance with as few as three user clicks per volume, reducing annotation effort while ensuring anatomical precision. This memory-based VFM with spatial awareness offers a novel approach for reliable AI-assisted knee MRI segmentation, advancing DL in musculoskeletal imaging.

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