Brain midline segmentation method based on prior knowledge and path optimization.
10.7507/1001-5515.202412032
- Author:
Shuai GENG
1
;
Yonghui LI
1
;
Yu AO
1
;
Weili SHI
1
;
Yu MIAO
1
;
Shuhan WANG
2
;
Zhengang JIANG
1
Author Information
1. School of Computer Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
2. Encephalopathy Department, Xiangshui County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224000, P. R. China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Brain midline;
Medical image segmentation;
Path searching;
Prior knowledge;
Synergistic fusion
- MeSH:
Humans;
Brain/diagnostic imaging*;
Deep Learning;
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods*;
Algorithms;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods*;
Neural Networks, Computer
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2025;42(4):766-774
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To address the challenges faced by current brain midline segmentation techniques, such as insufficient accuracy and poor segmentation continuity, this paper proposes a deep learning network model based on a two-stage framework. On the first stage of the model, prior knowledge of the feature consistency of adjacent brain midline slices under normal and pathological conditions is utilized. Associated midline slices are selected through slice similarity analysis, and a novel feature weighting strategy is adopted to collaboratively fuse the overall change characteristics and spatial information of these associated slices, thereby enhancing the feature representation of the brain midline in the intracranial region. On the second stage, the optimal path search strategy for the brain midline is employed based on the network output probability map, which effectively addresses the problem of discontinuous midline segmentation. The method proposed in this paper achieved satisfactory results on the CQ500 dataset provided by the Center for Advanced Research in Imaging, Neurosciences and Genomics, New Delhi, India. The Dice similarity coefficient (DSC), Hausdorff distance (HD), average symmetric surface distance (ASSD), and normalized surface Dice (NSD) were 67.38 ± 10.49, 24.22 ± 24.84, 1.33 ± 1.83, and 0.82 ± 0.09, respectively. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can fully utilize the prior knowledge of medical images to effectively achieve accurate segmentation of the brain midline, providing valuable assistance for subsequent identification of the brain midline by clinicians.
