Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 32, Issue 23, 3525(2024)

Computed tomography image segmentation of cell pole piece via strip attention mechanism

Zefang LIU1...2, Chao LONG1,2, Xueshuan LIU3, Yan HAN1,2, Chuandong TAN1,2, Hui TAN1 and Liming DUAN1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1ICT Research Center, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing400044, China
  • 2College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing400044, China
  • 3Project Management Center, Equipment Department of Rocket Force, Beijing100085, China
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    The segmentation of pole pieces in CT images is a crucial step in utilizing industrial computed tomography (CT) to detect the pole pieces of laminated cells. However, the complex structure and high aspect ratio of laminated cells pose challenges for existing segmentation methods, which struggle to meet the speed and accuracy demands of large-scale production. To address this, this paper introduces a novel CT image segmentation network based on a strip attention mechanism. The proposed network comprises a lightweight backbone (MobilenetV2), a Strip Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (S-ASPP) module, and a decoder module. MobilenetV2 reduces network parameters and enhances segmentation speed, while the S-ASPP module employs strip pooling to retain strip feature information, effectively mitigating under-segmentation issues. The strip attention mechanism in the decoder focuses on edge and detail information, improving edge sharpness and detail clarity. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed network achieves an average pixel classification accuracy (mAcc) of 98.62%, an average intersection over union (mIoU) of 89.97%, a parameter count of 5.814M, and a segmentation speed of 56.94 frame/s. Compared to DANet, DeepLabV3+, U-Net, HRNet, and Segnext, the proposed method achieves the highest segmentation accuracy and outperforms DANet, DeepLabV3+, U-Net, and HRNet in speed, with slightly lower speed than Segnext. Considering mIoU, mAcc, FPS, and parameter count comprehensively, the proposed network significantly enhances segmentation precision and efficiency while maintaining low computational cost, outperforming mainstream segmentation networks.

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    Zefang LIU, Chao LONG, Xueshuan LIU, Yan HAN, Chuandong TAN, Hui TAN, Liming DUAN. Computed tomography image segmentation of cell pole piece via strip attention mechanism[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2024, 32(23): 3525

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    Received: Jul. 28, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2025

    The Author Email: DUAN Liming (duanliming@cqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20243223.3525

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