CARDIAG: A Dense Segment Classification Benchmark of Deep Learning Architectures for Coronary Angiography

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.22139v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:35:18 GMT
• Title: CARDIAG: A Dense Segment Classification Benchmark of Deep Learning Architectures for Coronary Angiography
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate a new benchmark for the assessment of deep learning models which densely classify pixels of coronary angiograms to one of SYNTAX classes (or background)<n>The evaluation covers 24 distinct architectures starting with classic convnets to recent state-space-based vision algorithms.
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• Abstract: Accurate pixel-level classification of coronary angiograms is critical for cardiovascular disease assessment, yet the field lacks standardized evaluation protocols. In this work we demonstrate a new benchmark for the assessment of deep learning models which densely classify pixels of coronary angiograms to one of SYNTAX classes (or background). The evaluation covers 24 distinct architectures starting with classic convnets to recent state-space-based vision algorithms. We release CARDIAG - a multi-center, multi-label dataset which we carefully split to reliably compute metrics, accounting for diameter error, overlap, centerline quality and calibration. The data contains SYNTAX labels, binary, uncertainty and segmentation masks as well as intermediate frames together with the selected non-sensitive DICOM metadata. From the multitude of algorithms, we nominate ConvNeXt V2 encoder with DeepLab V3 Plus decoder as the best performing, achieving macro $F_1=0.456$, which we then ensemble with Mamba U-Net and Feature Pyramid Network, for an increased $F_1=0.479$. We demonstrate all the architectures to be well calibrated and determine the generalization of the top 5 methods, together with the data efficiency of these architectures. We highlight the importance of both high-resolution and low-resolution features in encoding. We also demonstrate the model correctness in the context of patient demographic, vessel sides and projection angle configurations. Overall the released benchmark allows for future studies to robustly and rigorously assess the proposals, not only for SYNTAX segmentation, but lesion detection and many more.

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