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Main Authors: Yue, Xin, Liu, Xiaoling, Zhao, Qing, Li, Jianqiang, Song, Changwei, Liu, Suqin, Yang, Zhikai, Fu, Guanghui
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11176
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author Yue, Xin
Liu, Xiaoling
Zhao, Qing
Li, Jianqiang
Song, Changwei
Liu, Suqin
Yang, Zhikai
Fu, Guanghui
author_facet Yue, Xin
Liu, Xiaoling
Zhao, Qing
Li, Jianqiang
Song, Changwei
Liu, Suqin
Yang, Zhikai
Fu, Guanghui
contents Ultrasound imaging plays a critical role in the early detection of breast cancer. Accurate identification and segmentation of lesions are essential steps in clinical practice, requiring methods to assist physicians in lesion segmentation. However, ultrasound lesion segmentation models based on supervised learning require extensive manual labeling, which is both time-consuming and labor-intensive. In this study, we present a novel framework for weakly supervised lesion segmentation in early breast ultrasound images. Our method uses morphological enhancement and class activation map (CAM)-guided localization. Finally, we employ the Segment Anything Model (SAM), a computer vision foundation model, for detailed segmentation. This approach does not require pixel-level annotation, thereby reducing the cost of data annotation. The performance of our method is comparable to supervised learning methods that require manual annotations, achieving a Dice score of 74.39% and outperforming comparative supervised models in terms of Hausdorff distance in the BUSI dataset. These results demonstrate that our framework effectively integrates weakly supervised learning with SAM, providing a promising solution for breast cancer image analysis. The code for this study is available at: https://github.com/YueXin18/MorSeg-CAM-SAM.
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spellingShingle Morphology-Enhanced CAM-Guided SAM for weakly supervised Breast Lesion Segmentation
Yue, Xin
Liu, Xiaoling
Zhao, Qing
Li, Jianqiang
Song, Changwei
Liu, Suqin
Yang, Zhikai
Fu, Guanghui
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Ultrasound imaging plays a critical role in the early detection of breast cancer. Accurate identification and segmentation of lesions are essential steps in clinical practice, requiring methods to assist physicians in lesion segmentation. However, ultrasound lesion segmentation models based on supervised learning require extensive manual labeling, which is both time-consuming and labor-intensive. In this study, we present a novel framework for weakly supervised lesion segmentation in early breast ultrasound images. Our method uses morphological enhancement and class activation map (CAM)-guided localization. Finally, we employ the Segment Anything Model (SAM), a computer vision foundation model, for detailed segmentation. This approach does not require pixel-level annotation, thereby reducing the cost of data annotation. The performance of our method is comparable to supervised learning methods that require manual annotations, achieving a Dice score of 74.39% and outperforming comparative supervised models in terms of Hausdorff distance in the BUSI dataset. These results demonstrate that our framework effectively integrates weakly supervised learning with SAM, providing a promising solution for breast cancer image analysis. The code for this study is available at: https://github.com/YueXin18/MorSeg-CAM-SAM.
title Morphology-Enhanced CAM-Guided SAM for weakly supervised Breast Lesion Segmentation
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11176