MG-Net: A fetal brain tissue segmentation method based on multiscale feature fusion and graph convolution attention mechanisms.

Journal: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Fetal brain tissue segmentation provides foundational support for comprehensively understanding the neurodevelopment of normal and congenital disease-affected fetuses. Manual labeling is very time-consuming, and automated segmentation methods can greatly improve the efficiency of doctors. At the same time, fetal brain tissue undergoes various changes throughout the pregnancy, leading to a continuous change in tissue contrast, which greatly increases the difficulty of training segmentation methods. This study aims to develop an automated segmentation model that can efficiently and accurately segment fetal brain tissue, improving the workflow for medical professionals.

Authors

  • Keying Qi
    Research Center for Medical AI, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
  • Chenchen Yan
    Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, China.
  • Donghao Niu
    Research Center for Medical AI, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China; Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
  • Bing Zhang
    School of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Hebei Avenue, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China.
  • Dong Liang
    Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055 China.
  • Xiaojing Long
    Reasearch Center for Medical AI, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Key Laboratory for Magnetic Resonance and Multimodality Imaging of Guangdong Province, China. Electronic address: xj.long@siat.ac.cn.