Pancreatic Tumor Segmentation as Anomaly Detection in CT Images Using Denoising Diffusion Models

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Main Authors: Babaei, Reza, Cheng, Samuel, Thai, Theresa, Zhao, Shangqing
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author Babaei, Reza
Cheng, Samuel
Thai, Theresa
Zhao, Shangqing
author_facet Babaei, Reza
Cheng, Samuel
Thai, Theresa
Zhao, Shangqing
contents Despite the advances in medicine, cancer has remained a formidable challenge. Particularly in the case of pancreatic tumors, characterized by their diversity and late diagnosis, early detection poses a significant challenge crucial for effective treatment. The advancement of deep learning techniques, particularly supervised algorithms, has significantly propelled pancreatic tumor detection in the medical field. However, supervised deep learning approaches necessitate extensive labeled medical images for training, yet acquiring such annotations is both limited and costly. Conversely, weakly supervised anomaly detection methods, requiring only image-level annotations, have garnered interest. Existing methodologies predominantly hinge on generative adversarial networks (GANs) or autoencoder models, which can pose complexity in training and, these models may face difficulties in accurately preserving fine image details. This research presents a novel approach to pancreatic tumor detection, employing weak supervision anomaly detection through denoising diffusion algorithms. By incorporating a deterministic iterative process of adding and removing noise along with classifier guidance, the method enables seamless translation of images between diseased and healthy subjects, resulting in detailed anomaly maps without requiring complex training protocols and segmentation masks. This study explores denoising diffusion models as a recent advancement over traditional generative models like GANs, contributing to the field of pancreatic tumor detection. Recognizing the low survival rates of pancreatic cancer, this study emphasizes the need for continued research to leverage diffusion models' efficiency in medical segmentation tasks.
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spellingShingle Pancreatic Tumor Segmentation as Anomaly Detection in CT Images Using Denoising Diffusion Models
Babaei, Reza
Cheng, Samuel
Thai, Theresa
Zhao, Shangqing
Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Despite the advances in medicine, cancer has remained a formidable challenge. Particularly in the case of pancreatic tumors, characterized by their diversity and late diagnosis, early detection poses a significant challenge crucial for effective treatment. The advancement of deep learning techniques, particularly supervised algorithms, has significantly propelled pancreatic tumor detection in the medical field. However, supervised deep learning approaches necessitate extensive labeled medical images for training, yet acquiring such annotations is both limited and costly. Conversely, weakly supervised anomaly detection methods, requiring only image-level annotations, have garnered interest. Existing methodologies predominantly hinge on generative adversarial networks (GANs) or autoencoder models, which can pose complexity in training and, these models may face difficulties in accurately preserving fine image details. This research presents a novel approach to pancreatic tumor detection, employing weak supervision anomaly detection through denoising diffusion algorithms. By incorporating a deterministic iterative process of adding and removing noise along with classifier guidance, the method enables seamless translation of images between diseased and healthy subjects, resulting in detailed anomaly maps without requiring complex training protocols and segmentation masks. This study explores denoising diffusion models as a recent advancement over traditional generative models like GANs, contributing to the field of pancreatic tumor detection. Recognizing the low survival rates of pancreatic cancer, this study emphasizes the need for continued research to leverage diffusion models' efficiency in medical segmentation tasks.
title Pancreatic Tumor Segmentation as Anomaly Detection in CT Images Using Denoising Diffusion Models
topic Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02653