Deep Medial Voxels: Learned Medial Axis Approximations for Anatomical Shape Modeling

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Hauptverfasser: Pepe, Antonio, Schussnig, Richard, Li, Jianning, Gsaxner, Christina, Schmalstieg, Dieter, Egger, Jan
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author Pepe, Antonio
Schussnig, Richard
Li, Jianning
Gsaxner, Christina
Schmalstieg, Dieter
Egger, Jan
author_facet Pepe, Antonio
Schussnig, Richard
Li, Jianning
Gsaxner, Christina
Schmalstieg, Dieter
Egger, Jan
contents Shape reconstruction from imaging volumes is a recurring need in medical image analysis. Common workflows start with a segmentation step, followed by careful post-processing and,finally, ad hoc meshing algorithms. As this sequence can be timeconsuming, neural networks are trained to reconstruct shapes through template deformation. These networks deliver state-ofthe-art results without manual intervention, but, so far, they have primarily been evaluated on anatomical shapes with little topological variety between individuals. In contrast, other works favor learning implicit shape models, which have multiple benefits for meshing and visualization. Our work follows this direction by introducing deep medial voxels, a semi-implicit representation that faithfully approximates the topological skeleton from imaging volumes and eventually leads to shape reconstruction via convolution surfaces. Our reconstruction technique shows potential for both visualization and computer simulations.
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spellingShingle Deep Medial Voxels: Learned Medial Axis Approximations for Anatomical Shape Modeling
Pepe, Antonio
Schussnig, Richard
Li, Jianning
Gsaxner, Christina
Schmalstieg, Dieter
Egger, Jan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Shape reconstruction from imaging volumes is a recurring need in medical image analysis. Common workflows start with a segmentation step, followed by careful post-processing and,finally, ad hoc meshing algorithms. As this sequence can be timeconsuming, neural networks are trained to reconstruct shapes through template deformation. These networks deliver state-ofthe-art results without manual intervention, but, so far, they have primarily been evaluated on anatomical shapes with little topological variety between individuals. In contrast, other works favor learning implicit shape models, which have multiple benefits for meshing and visualization. Our work follows this direction by introducing deep medial voxels, a semi-implicit representation that faithfully approximates the topological skeleton from imaging volumes and eventually leads to shape reconstruction via convolution surfaces. Our reconstruction technique shows potential for both visualization and computer simulations.
title Deep Medial Voxels: Learned Medial Axis Approximations for Anatomical Shape Modeling
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.11790