Topologically faithful multi-class segmentation in medical images

AH Berger, L Lux, N Stucki, V Bürgin, S Shit… - … Conference on Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Topological accuracy in medical image segmentation is a highly important property for
downstream applications such as network analysis and flow modeling in vessels or cell …

Non-Invasive Tools in Perioperative Stroke Risk Assessment for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis with a Focus on the Circle of Willis

B Lengyel, R Magyar-Stang, H Pál… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review aims to explore advancements in perioperative ischemic stroke risk estimation
for asymptomatic patients with significant carotid artery stenosis, focusing on Circle of Willis …

Centerline Boundary Dice Loss for Vascular Segmentation

P Shi, J Hu, Y Yang, Z Gao, W Liu, T Ma - International Conference on …, 2024 - Springer
Vascular segmentation in medical imaging plays a crucial role in analysing morphological
and functional assessments. Traditional methods, like the centerline Dice (clDice) loss …

Universal Topology Refinement for Medical Image Segmentation with Polynomial Feature Synthesis

L Li, H Wang, M Baugh, Q Ma, W Zhang… - … Conference on Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Although existing medical image segmentation methods provide impressive pixel-wise
accuracy, they often neglect topological correctness, making their segmentations unusable …

Skeleton recall loss for connectivity conserving and resource efficient segmentation of thin tubular structures

Y Kirchhoff, MR Rokuss, S Roy, B Kovacs… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Accurately segmenting thin tubular structures, such as vessels, nerves, roads or concrete
cracks, is a crucial task in computer vision. Standard deep learning-based segmentation …

Topograph: An efficient Graph-Based Framework for Strictly Topology Preserving Image Segmentation

L Lux, AH Berger, A Weers, N Stucki… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Topological correctness plays a critical role in many image segmentation tasks, yet most
networks are trained using pixel-wise loss functions, such as Dice, neglecting topological …

ISLES'24: Improving final infarct prediction in ischemic stroke using multimodal imaging and clinical data

E de la Rosa, R Su, M Reyes, R Wiest… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Accurate estimation of core (irreversibly damaged tissue) and penumbra (salvageable
tissue) volumes is essential for ischemic stroke treatment decisions. Perfusion CT, the …

3D Vessel Graph Generation Using Denoising Diffusion

C Prabhakar, S Shit, F Musio, K Yang… - … Conference on Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Blood vessel networks, represented as 3D graphs, help predict disease biomarkers,
simulate blood flow, and aid in synthetic image generation, relevant in both clinical and pre …

Guidelines for cerebrovascular segmentation: Managing imperfect annotations in the context of semi-supervised learning

P Rougé, PH Conze, N Passat, O Merveille - … Medical Imaging and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Segmentation in medical imaging is an essential and often preliminary task in the image
processing chain, driving numerous efforts towards the design of robust segmentation …

Pitfalls of topology-aware image segmentation

AH Berger, L Lux, A Weers, M Menten… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Topological correctness, ie, the preservation of structural integrity and specific
characteristics of shape, is a fundamental requirement for medical imaging tasks, such as …