Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 18, 1810002(2021)

Liver Tumor Segmentation Based on Dilated Convolution of Stacked Tree Aggregation Structure

Fei Gao1、*, Bin Yan1, Jian Chen1, Kai Qiao1, Peigang Ning2, and Dapeng Shi2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Information System Engineering, PLA Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
  • 2Department of Radiology, Henan Provincial People′s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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    Structure of the RDB
    Dilated convolution operation of r=2 is performed in sequence. (a) First time; (b) second time; (c) third time
    Segmentation results of the dilated convolution. (a) Original image; (b) ground truth; (c) grid artifact
    Dilated convolution operations with different dilated rates in sequence. (a) r=1; (b) r=2; (c) r=3
    Structure of the TASD module
    Framework of the segmentation network
    Manually annotated image data
    Result of image enhancement. (a) Original image; (b) flip up and down; (c) flip left and right; (d) clockwise rotate 90°; (e) counterclockwise rotate 90°; (f) random zoom and rotate 1; (g) random zoom and rotate 2; (h) random room and rotate 3
    Statistics of the tumor size
    Segmentation results of our algorithm and traditional segmentation algorithm. (a) Original image; (b) region growth; (c) graph cut segmentation; (d) level set segmentation; (e) our algorithm; (g) ground truth
    Segmentation results of our algorithm and deep learning segmentation algorithm. (a) Original image; (b) UNet; (c) SegNet; (d) DeepLabv3; (e) FC-DenseNet; (f) our algorithm; (g) ground truth
    Effect of different modules on segmentation performance. (a) Original image; (b) CEL function; (c) remove RDB; (d) remove TASD module; (e) our algorithm; (f) ground truth
    • Table 1. Segmentation results of our algorithm and traditional algorithms

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      Table 1. Segmentation results of our algorithm and traditional algorithms

      AlgorithmDiceIOUPA
      Regional growth0.52220.36030.4623
      Graph cut0.59120.50340.5356
      Level set0.61450.52120.5629
      Ours0.80260.73170.7974
    • Table 2. Segmentation results of our algorithm and deep learning segmentation algorithm

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      Table 2. Segmentation results of our algorithm and deep learning segmentation algorithm

      AlgorithmDiceIOUPANetwork parameters /MRunning speed /s
      UNet[9]0.65620.56210.70277.760.5028
      SegNet[10]0.66220.55280.71021.4250.5926
      DeepLabv3[11]0.69290.59430.73681150.6584
      FC-DenseNet103[12]0.77360.70650.76829.260.7969
      Ours0.80260.73170.79742.210.5638
    • Table 3. Effect of different modules on segmentation performance

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      Table 3. Effect of different modules on segmentation performance

      ModuleDiceIOUPA
      CELFLRDBTASD
      +++0.71250.66130.7234
      ++0.74220.69270.7549
      ++0.73860.68220.7458
      +++0.80260.73170.7974
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    Fei Gao, Bin Yan, Jian Chen, Kai Qiao, Peigang Ning, Dapeng Shi. Liver Tumor Segmentation Based on Dilated Convolution of Stacked Tree Aggregation Structure[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(18): 1810002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Mar. 4, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 7, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Gao Fei (gfflyfly@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1810002

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