Enhancing Incomplete Multi-modal Brain Tumor Segmentation with Intra-modal Asymmetry and Inter-modal Dependency

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Autori principali: Liu, Weide, Hou, Jingwen, Zhong, Xiaoyang, Zhan, Huijing, Cheng, Jun, Fang, Yuming, Yue, Guanghui
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author Liu, Weide
Hou, Jingwen
Zhong, Xiaoyang
Zhan, Huijing
Cheng, Jun
Fang, Yuming
Yue, Guanghui
author_facet Liu, Weide
Hou, Jingwen
Zhong, Xiaoyang
Zhan, Huijing
Cheng, Jun
Fang, Yuming
Yue, Guanghui
contents Deep learning-based brain tumor segmentation (BTS) models for multi-modal MRI images have seen significant advancements in recent years. However, a common problem in practice is the unavailability of some modalities due to varying scanning protocols and patient conditions, making segmentation from incomplete MRI modalities a challenging issue. Previous methods have attempted to address this by fusing accessible multi-modal features, leveraging attention mechanisms, and synthesizing missing modalities using generative models. However, these methods ignore the intrinsic problems of medical image segmentation, such as the limited availability of training samples, particularly for cases with tumors. Furthermore, these methods require training and deploying a specific model for each subset of missing modalities. To address these issues, we propose a novel approach that enhances the BTS model from two perspectives. Firstly, we introduce a pre-training stage that generates a diverse pre-training dataset covering a wide range of different combinations of tumor shapes and brain anatomy. Secondly, we propose a post-training stage that enables the model to reconstruct missing modalities in the prediction results when only partial modalities are available. To achieve the pre-training stage, we conceptually decouple the MRI image into two parts: `anatomy' and `tumor'. We pre-train the BTS model using synthesized data generated from the anatomy and tumor parts across different training samples. ... Extensive experiments demonstrate that our proposed method significantly improves the performance over the baseline and achieves new state-of-the-art results on three brain tumor segmentation datasets: BRATS2020, BRATS2018, and BRATS2015.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Incomplete Multi-modal Brain Tumor Segmentation with Intra-modal Asymmetry and Inter-modal Dependency
Liu, Weide
Hou, Jingwen
Zhong, Xiaoyang
Zhan, Huijing
Cheng, Jun
Fang, Yuming
Yue, Guanghui
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Deep learning-based brain tumor segmentation (BTS) models for multi-modal MRI images have seen significant advancements in recent years. However, a common problem in practice is the unavailability of some modalities due to varying scanning protocols and patient conditions, making segmentation from incomplete MRI modalities a challenging issue. Previous methods have attempted to address this by fusing accessible multi-modal features, leveraging attention mechanisms, and synthesizing missing modalities using generative models. However, these methods ignore the intrinsic problems of medical image segmentation, such as the limited availability of training samples, particularly for cases with tumors. Furthermore, these methods require training and deploying a specific model for each subset of missing modalities. To address these issues, we propose a novel approach that enhances the BTS model from two perspectives. Firstly, we introduce a pre-training stage that generates a diverse pre-training dataset covering a wide range of different combinations of tumor shapes and brain anatomy. Secondly, we propose a post-training stage that enables the model to reconstruct missing modalities in the prediction results when only partial modalities are available. To achieve the pre-training stage, we conceptually decouple the MRI image into two parts: `anatomy' and `tumor'. We pre-train the BTS model using synthesized data generated from the anatomy and tumor parts across different training samples. ... Extensive experiments demonstrate that our proposed method significantly improves the performance over the baseline and achieves new state-of-the-art results on three brain tumor segmentation datasets: BRATS2020, BRATS2018, and BRATS2015.
title Enhancing Incomplete Multi-modal Brain Tumor Segmentation with Intra-modal Asymmetry and Inter-modal Dependency
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10175