Surgical Depth Anything: Depth Estimation for Surgical Scenes using Foundation Models

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Autores principales: Lou, Ange, Li, Yamin, Zhang, Yike, Noble, Jack
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Publicado: 2024
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author Lou, Ange
Li, Yamin
Zhang, Yike
Noble, Jack
author_facet Lou, Ange
Li, Yamin
Zhang, Yike
Noble, Jack
contents Monocular depth estimation is crucial for tracking and reconstruction algorithms, particularly in the context of surgical videos. However, the inherent challenges in directly obtaining ground truth depth maps during surgery render supervised learning approaches impractical. While many self-supervised methods based on Structure from Motion (SfM) have shown promising results, they rely heavily on high-quality camera motion and require optimization on a per-patient basis. These limitations can be mitigated by leveraging the current state-of-the-art foundational model for depth estimation, Depth Anything. However, when directly applied to surgical scenes, Depth Anything struggles with issues such as blurring, bleeding, and reflections, resulting in suboptimal performance. This paper presents a fine-tuning of the Depth Anything model specifically for the surgical domain, aiming to deliver more accurate pixel-wise depth maps tailored to the unique requirements and challenges of surgical environments. Our fine-tuning approach significantly improves the model's performance in surgical scenes, reducing errors related to blurring and reflections, and achieving a more reliable and precise depth estimation.
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spellingShingle Surgical Depth Anything: Depth Estimation for Surgical Scenes using Foundation Models
Lou, Ange
Li, Yamin
Zhang, Yike
Noble, Jack
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Monocular depth estimation is crucial for tracking and reconstruction algorithms, particularly in the context of surgical videos. However, the inherent challenges in directly obtaining ground truth depth maps during surgery render supervised learning approaches impractical. While many self-supervised methods based on Structure from Motion (SfM) have shown promising results, they rely heavily on high-quality camera motion and require optimization on a per-patient basis. These limitations can be mitigated by leveraging the current state-of-the-art foundational model for depth estimation, Depth Anything. However, when directly applied to surgical scenes, Depth Anything struggles with issues such as blurring, bleeding, and reflections, resulting in suboptimal performance. This paper presents a fine-tuning of the Depth Anything model specifically for the surgical domain, aiming to deliver more accurate pixel-wise depth maps tailored to the unique requirements and challenges of surgical environments. Our fine-tuning approach significantly improves the model's performance in surgical scenes, reducing errors related to blurring and reflections, and achieving a more reliable and precise depth estimation.
title Surgical Depth Anything: Depth Estimation for Surgical Scenes using Foundation Models
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07434