TA-LSDiff:Topology-Aware Diffusion Guided by a Level Set Energy for Pancreas Segmentation
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| author | Gou, Yue Song, Fanghui Xing, Yuming Shi, Shengzhu Guo, Zhichang Wu, Boying |
| author_facet | Gou, Yue Song, Fanghui Xing, Yuming Shi, Shengzhu Guo, Zhichang Wu, Boying |
| contents | Pancreas segmentation in medical image processing is a persistent challenge due to its small size, low contrast against adjacent tissues, and significant topological variations. Traditional level set methods drive boundary evolution using gradient flows, often ignoring pointwise topological effects. Conversely, deep learning-based segmentation networks extract rich semantic features but frequently sacrifice structural details. To bridge this gap, we propose a novel model named TA-LSDiff, which combined topology-aware diffusion probabilistic model and level set energy, achieving segmentation without explicit geometric evolution. This energy function guides implicit curve evolution by integrating the input image and deep features through four complementary terms. To further enhance boundary precision, we introduce a pixel-adaptive refinement module that locally modulates the energy function using affinity weighting from neighboring evidence. Ablation studies systematically quantify the contribution of each proposed component. Evaluations on four public pancreas datasets demonstrate that TA-LSDiff achieves state-of-the-art accuracy, outperforming existing methods. These results establish TA-LSDiff as a practical and accurate solution for pancreas segmentation. |
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| spellingShingle | TA-LSDiff:Topology-Aware Diffusion Guided by a Level Set Energy for Pancreas Segmentation Gou, Yue Song, Fanghui Xing, Yuming Shi, Shengzhu Guo, Zhichang Wu, Boying Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Pancreas segmentation in medical image processing is a persistent challenge due to its small size, low contrast against adjacent tissues, and significant topological variations. Traditional level set methods drive boundary evolution using gradient flows, often ignoring pointwise topological effects. Conversely, deep learning-based segmentation networks extract rich semantic features but frequently sacrifice structural details. To bridge this gap, we propose a novel model named TA-LSDiff, which combined topology-aware diffusion probabilistic model and level set energy, achieving segmentation without explicit geometric evolution. This energy function guides implicit curve evolution by integrating the input image and deep features through four complementary terms. To further enhance boundary precision, we introduce a pixel-adaptive refinement module that locally modulates the energy function using affinity weighting from neighboring evidence. Ablation studies systematically quantify the contribution of each proposed component. Evaluations on four public pancreas datasets demonstrate that TA-LSDiff achieves state-of-the-art accuracy, outperforming existing methods. These results establish TA-LSDiff as a practical and accurate solution for pancreas segmentation. |
| title | TA-LSDiff:Topology-Aware Diffusion Guided by a Level Set Energy for Pancreas Segmentation |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00815 |