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Title: | Novel solution for using neural networks for kidney boundary extraction in 2D ultrasound data | Authors: | Peng, T Gu, YD Ruan, SJ Wu, QJ Cai, J |
Issue Date: | Oct-2023 | Source: | Biomolecules, Oct. 2023, v. 13, no. 10, 1548 | Abstract: | Background and Objective: Kidney ultrasound (US) imaging is a significant imaging modality for evaluating kidney health and is essential for diagnosis, treatment, surgical intervention planning, and follow-up assessments. Kidney US image segmentation consists of extracting useful objects or regions from the total image, which helps determine tissue organization and improve diagnosis. Thus, obtaining accurate kidney segmentation data is an important first step for precisely diagnosing kidney diseases. However, manual delineation of the kidney in US images is complex and tedious in clinical practice. To overcome these challenges, we developed a novel automatic method for US kidney segmentation. Methods: Our method comprises two cascaded steps for US kidney segmentation. The first step utilizes a coarse segmentation procedure based on a deep fusion learning network to roughly segment each input US kidney image. The second step utilizes a refinement procedure to fine-tune the result of the first step by combining an automatic searching polygon tracking method with a machine learning network. In the machine learning network, a suitable and explainable mathematical formula for kidney contours is denoted by basic parameters. Results: Our method is assessed using 1380 trans-abdominal US kidney images obtained from 115 patients. Based on comprehensive comparisons of different noise levels, our method achieves accurate and robust results for kidney segmentation. We use ablation experiments to assess the significance of each component of the method. Compared with state-of-the-art methods , the evaluation metrics of our method are significantly higher. The Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) of our method is 94.6 +/- 3.4%, which is higher than those of recent deep learning and hybrid algorithms (89.4 +/- 7.1% and 93.7 +/- 3.8%, respectively). Conclusions: We develop a coarse-to-refined architecture for the accurate segmentation of US kidney images. It is important to precisely extract kidney contour features because segmentation errors can cause under-dosing of the target or over-dosing of neighboring normal tissues during US-guided brachytherapy. Hence, our method can be used to increase the rigor of kidney US segmentation. | Keywords: | Ultrasound kidney segmentation Deep fusion learning network Automatic searching polygon tracking Mathematical mapping model |
Publisher: | MDPI AG | Journal: | Biomolecules | EISSN: | 2218-273X | DOI: | 10.3390/biom13101548 | Rights: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Peng T, Gu Y, Ruan S-J, Wu QJ, Cai J. Novel Solution for Using Neural Networks for Kidney Boundary Extraction in 2D Ultrasound Data. Biomolecules. 2023; 13(10):1548 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom13101548. |
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