Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 12, 1237004(2025)

Efficient Multi-Scale Attention Decoding Method for Thyroid Nodule Segmentation Based on SwinTransCAD

Yunpeng Wang1, Jincao Yao2,3、***, Dong Xu2,3、**, and Xiang Hao1、*
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  • 1College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang , China
  • 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, Zhejiang , China
  • 3Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang , China
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    With the widespread application of deep learning techniques in medical image processing, precise thyroid segmentation is becoming increasingly important for disease diagnosis and treatment. This study proposes a SwinTransCAD model that integrates the Swin Transformer and a multi-scale attention decoding mechanism, effectively capturing the details of the thyroid to achieve precise segmentation. The study first outlines the clinical need for thyroid disease diagnosis and the limitations of traditional segmentation methods. Then the technical features of Swin Transformer and its potential applications in medical image processing are analyzed. Finally, it provides a detailed introduction to the structure of the SwinTransCAD model and the multi-scale attention decoding mechanism. Through comparative experiments, the generalizability of the model across different datasets and its advantages in various evaluation metrics are validated. Experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms existing technologies, providing technical support for the pre-diagnosis and auxiliary treatment of thyroid diseases.

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    Yunpeng Wang, Jincao Yao, Dong Xu, Xiang Hao. Efficient Multi-Scale Attention Decoding Method for Thyroid Nodule Segmentation Based on SwinTransCAD[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(12): 1237004

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    Category: Digital Image Processing

    Received: Nov. 11, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 12, 2024

    Published Online: Jun. 10, 2025

    The Author Email: Jincao Yao (yaojc@zjcc.org.cn), Dong Xu (xudong@zjcc.org.cn), Xiang Hao (haox@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP242250

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP242250

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