Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 18, Issue 1, 2450015(2025)

High-performance laser speckle contrast image vascular segmentation without delicate pseudo-label reliance

Shenglan Yao1、§, Huiling Wu1、§, Suzhong Fu1、§, Shuting Ling1, Kun Wang2, Hongqin Yang2, Yaqin He3, Xiaolan Ma3, Xiaofeng Ye3、*, Xiaofei Wen1、**, and Qingliang Zhao1、***
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, Department of Vascular & Tumor Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, P. R. China
  • 2The Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, P. R. China
  • 3Department of Oncology Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, P. R. China
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    Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) is a noninvasive, label-free technique that allows real-time investigation of the microcirculation situation of biological tissue. High-quality microvascular segmentation is critical for analyzing and evaluating vascular morphology and blood flow dynamics. However, achieving high-quality vessel segmentation has always been a challenge due to the cost and complexity of label data acquisition and the irregular vascular morphology. In addition, supervised learning methods heavily rely on high-quality labels for accurate segmentation results, which often necessitate extensive labeling efforts. Here, we propose a novel approach LSWDP for high-performance real-time vessel segmentation that utilizes low-quality pseudo-labels for nonmatched training without relying on a substantial number of intricate labels and image pairing. Furthermore, we demonstrate that our method is more robust and effective in mitigating performance degradation than traditional segmentation approaches on diverse style data sets, even when confronted with unfamiliar data. Importantly, the dice similarity coefficient exceeded 85% in a rat experiment. Our study has the potential to efficiently segment and evaluate blood vessels in both normal and disease situations. This would greatly benefit future research in life and medicine.

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    Shenglan Yao, Huiling Wu, Suzhong Fu, Shuting Ling, Kun Wang, Hongqin Yang, Yaqin He, Xiaolan Ma, Xiaofeng Ye, Xiaofei Wen, Qingliang Zhao. High-performance laser speckle contrast image vascular segmentation without delicate pseudo-label reliance[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2025, 18(1): 2450015

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Mar. 25, 2024

    Accepted: May. 17, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: Ye Xiaofeng (yxf6312@sina.com), Wen Xiaofei (Xiaofei5132004@163.com), Zhao Qingliang (zhaoql@xmu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1142/S1793545824500159

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