BifDet: A 3D Bifurcation Detection Dataset for Airway-Tree Modeling

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Autori principali: Keshavarzi, Ali, Bouniot, Quentin, Smith, Benjamin M., Angelini, Elsa
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Keshavarzi, Ali
Bouniot, Quentin
Smith, Benjamin M.
Angelini, Elsa
author_facet Keshavarzi, Ali
Bouniot, Quentin
Smith, Benjamin M.
Angelini, Elsa
contents Thoracic Computed Tomography (CT) scans offer detailed insights into the intricate branching network of the airway tree, which is essential for understanding various respiratory diseases. Airway bifurcations, where airway branches split, are crucial landmarks for understanding lung physiology, disease mechanisms and lesion localization. Despite the significance of bifurcation analysis, a notable lack of datasets annotated for this task hinders the development of advanced automated specialized detection or segmentation tools. In this paper, we introduce BifDet, the first publicly-available dataset specialized for 3D airway bifurcation detection, filling a critical gap in existing resources. Our dataset comprises carefully annotated CT scans from the ATM22 open-access cohort with bifurcation bounding boxes covering the parent and daughter branches. As a use-case for demonstrating the potential of BifDet, we fine-tune and evaluate RetinaNet and DETR for 3D airway bifurcations detection on CT scans. We provide detailed pipelines, including preprocessing steps and specific implementation design choices. Results are detailed over various categories of minimal bounding box sizes to serve as baseline to benchmark future research.
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spellingShingle BifDet: A 3D Bifurcation Detection Dataset for Airway-Tree Modeling
Keshavarzi, Ali
Bouniot, Quentin
Smith, Benjamin M.
Angelini, Elsa
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Thoracic Computed Tomography (CT) scans offer detailed insights into the intricate branching network of the airway tree, which is essential for understanding various respiratory diseases. Airway bifurcations, where airway branches split, are crucial landmarks for understanding lung physiology, disease mechanisms and lesion localization. Despite the significance of bifurcation analysis, a notable lack of datasets annotated for this task hinders the development of advanced automated specialized detection or segmentation tools. In this paper, we introduce BifDet, the first publicly-available dataset specialized for 3D airway bifurcation detection, filling a critical gap in existing resources. Our dataset comprises carefully annotated CT scans from the ATM22 open-access cohort with bifurcation bounding boxes covering the parent and daughter branches. As a use-case for demonstrating the potential of BifDet, we fine-tune and evaluate RetinaNet and DETR for 3D airway bifurcations detection on CT scans. We provide detailed pipelines, including preprocessing steps and specific implementation design choices. Results are detailed over various categories of minimal bounding box sizes to serve as baseline to benchmark future research.
title BifDet: A 3D Bifurcation Detection Dataset for Airway-Tree Modeling
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24999