AutoPET III Challenge: Tumor Lesion Segmentation using ResEnc-Model Ensemble

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Hauptverfasser: Chutani, Tanya, Bonthu, Saikiran, Samanta, Pranab, Singhal, Nitin
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author Chutani, Tanya
Bonthu, Saikiran
Samanta, Pranab
Singhal, Nitin
author_facet Chutani, Tanya
Bonthu, Saikiran
Samanta, Pranab
Singhal, Nitin
contents Positron Emission Tomography (PET) /Computed Tomography (CT) is crucial for diagnosing, managing, and planning treatment for various cancers. Developing reliable deep learning models for the segmentation of tumor lesions in PET/CT scans in a multi-tracer multicenter environment, is a critical area of research. Different tracers, such as Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), have distinct physiological uptake patterns and data from different centers often vary in terms of acquisition protocols, scanner types, and patient populations. Because of this variability, it becomes more difficult to design reliable segmentation algorithms and generalization techniques due to variations in image quality and lesion detectability. To address this challenge, We trained a 3D Residual encoder U-Net within the no new U-Net framework, aiming to generalize the performance of automatic lesion segmentation of whole body PET/CT scans, across different tracers and clinical sites. Further, We explored several preprocessing techniques and ultimately settled on using the Total Segmentator to crop our training data. Additionally, we applied resampling during this process. During inference, we leveraged test-time augmentations and other post-processing techniques to enhance tumor lesion segmentation. Our team currently hold the top position in the Auto-PET III challenge and outperformed the challenge baseline model in the preliminary test set with Dice score of 0.9627.
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spellingShingle AutoPET III Challenge: Tumor Lesion Segmentation using ResEnc-Model Ensemble
Chutani, Tanya
Bonthu, Saikiran
Samanta, Pranab
Singhal, Nitin
Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) /Computed Tomography (CT) is crucial for diagnosing, managing, and planning treatment for various cancers. Developing reliable deep learning models for the segmentation of tumor lesions in PET/CT scans in a multi-tracer multicenter environment, is a critical area of research. Different tracers, such as Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), have distinct physiological uptake patterns and data from different centers often vary in terms of acquisition protocols, scanner types, and patient populations. Because of this variability, it becomes more difficult to design reliable segmentation algorithms and generalization techniques due to variations in image quality and lesion detectability. To address this challenge, We trained a 3D Residual encoder U-Net within the no new U-Net framework, aiming to generalize the performance of automatic lesion segmentation of whole body PET/CT scans, across different tracers and clinical sites. Further, We explored several preprocessing techniques and ultimately settled on using the Total Segmentator to crop our training data. Additionally, we applied resampling during this process. During inference, we leveraged test-time augmentations and other post-processing techniques to enhance tumor lesion segmentation. Our team currently hold the top position in the Auto-PET III challenge and outperformed the challenge baseline model in the preliminary test set with Dice score of 0.9627.
title AutoPET III Challenge: Tumor Lesion Segmentation using ResEnc-Model Ensemble
topic Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13779