Medical image segmentation has consistently been a significant topic of research and a prominent goal,particularly in computer vision.Brain tumor research plays a major role in medical imaging applications by providin...Medical image segmentation has consistently been a significant topic of research and a prominent goal,particularly in computer vision.Brain tumor research plays a major role in medical imaging applications by providing a tremendous amount of anatomical and functional knowledge that enhances and allows easy diagnosis and disease therapy preparation.To prevent or minimize manual segmentation error,automated tumor segmentation,and detection became the most demanding process for radiologists and physicians as the tumor often has complex structures.Many methods for detection and segmentation presently exist,but all lack high accuracy.This paper’s key contribution focuses on evaluating machine learning techniques that are supposed to reduce the effect of frequently found issues in brain tumor research.Furthermore,attention concentrated on the challenges related to level set segmentation.The study proposed in this paper uses the Population-based Artificial Bee Colony Clustering(P-ABCC)methodology to reliably collect initial contour points,which helps minimize the number of iterations and segmentation errors of the level-set process.The proposed model measures cluster centroids(ABC populations)and uses a level-set approach to resolve contour differences as brain tumors vary as they have irregular form,structure,and volume.The suggested model comprises of three major steps:first,pre-processing to separate the brain from the head and improves contrast stretching.Secondly,P-ABCC is used to obtain tumor edges that are utilized as an initial MRI sequence contour.The level-set segmentation is then used to detect tumor regions from all volume slices with fewer iterations.Results suggest improved model efficiency compared to state-of-the-art methods for both datasets BRATS 2019 and BRATS 2017.At BRATS 2019,dice progress was achieved for Entire Tumor(WT),Tumor Center(TC),and Improved Tumor(ET)by 0.03%,0.03%,and 0.01%respectively.At BRATS 2017,an increase in precision for WT was reached by 5.27%.展开更多
目的:研究MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查在踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断中的价值。方法:选择2020年4月—2023年4月于白银市第一人民医院就诊的226例踝关节外伤拟行手术术前患者作为研究对象,按照不同检查方式将患者分为观察组(n=126)与对照...目的:研究MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查在踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断中的价值。方法:选择2020年4月—2023年4月于白银市第一人民医院就诊的226例踝关节外伤拟行手术术前患者作为研究对象,按照不同检查方式将患者分为观察组(n=126)与对照组(n=100)。观察组采用MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查,对照组采取常规MRI检查。比较两组患侧、健侧距腓前韧带测量结果、诊断效能。结果:两组患侧、健侧距腓前韧带宽度及厚度比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。观察组Ⅰ级踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断准确度、敏感度、特异度、阳性预测值、阴性预测值高于对照组,Ⅱ级患者准确度、敏感度、阴性预测值高于对照组,Ⅲ级患者准确度、特异度、阳性预测值高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断效能高于常规MRI检查,可作为治疗效果评价及康复治疗的重要依据。展开更多
文摘Medical image segmentation has consistently been a significant topic of research and a prominent goal,particularly in computer vision.Brain tumor research plays a major role in medical imaging applications by providing a tremendous amount of anatomical and functional knowledge that enhances and allows easy diagnosis and disease therapy preparation.To prevent or minimize manual segmentation error,automated tumor segmentation,and detection became the most demanding process for radiologists and physicians as the tumor often has complex structures.Many methods for detection and segmentation presently exist,but all lack high accuracy.This paper’s key contribution focuses on evaluating machine learning techniques that are supposed to reduce the effect of frequently found issues in brain tumor research.Furthermore,attention concentrated on the challenges related to level set segmentation.The study proposed in this paper uses the Population-based Artificial Bee Colony Clustering(P-ABCC)methodology to reliably collect initial contour points,which helps minimize the number of iterations and segmentation errors of the level-set process.The proposed model measures cluster centroids(ABC populations)and uses a level-set approach to resolve contour differences as brain tumors vary as they have irregular form,structure,and volume.The suggested model comprises of three major steps:first,pre-processing to separate the brain from the head and improves contrast stretching.Secondly,P-ABCC is used to obtain tumor edges that are utilized as an initial MRI sequence contour.The level-set segmentation is then used to detect tumor regions from all volume slices with fewer iterations.Results suggest improved model efficiency compared to state-of-the-art methods for both datasets BRATS 2019 and BRATS 2017.At BRATS 2019,dice progress was achieved for Entire Tumor(WT),Tumor Center(TC),and Improved Tumor(ET)by 0.03%,0.03%,and 0.01%respectively.At BRATS 2017,an increase in precision for WT was reached by 5.27%.
文摘目的:研究MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查在踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断中的价值。方法:选择2020年4月—2023年4月于白银市第一人民医院就诊的226例踝关节外伤拟行手术术前患者作为研究对象,按照不同检查方式将患者分为观察组(n=126)与对照组(n=100)。观察组采用MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查,对照组采取常规MRI检查。比较两组患侧、健侧距腓前韧带测量结果、诊断效能。结果:两组患侧、健侧距腓前韧带宽度及厚度比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。观察组Ⅰ级踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断准确度、敏感度、特异度、阳性预测值、阴性预测值高于对照组,Ⅱ级患者准确度、敏感度、阴性预测值高于对照组,Ⅲ级患者准确度、特异度、阳性预测值高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:MRI 3D CUBE T_(2)序列检查踝关节外伤患者韧带损伤诊断效能高于常规MRI检查,可作为治疗效果评价及康复治疗的重要依据。