LymphAtlas- A Unified Multimodal Lymphoma Imaging Repository Delivering AI-Enhanced Diagnostic Insight
Journal:
arXiv
Published Date:
Apr 29, 2025
Abstract
This study integrates PET metabolic information with CT anatomical structures
to establish a 3D multimodal segmentation dataset for lymphoma based on
whole-body FDG PET/CT examinations, which bridges the gap of the lack of
standardised multimodal segmentation datasets in the field of haematological
malignancies. We retrospectively collected 483 examination datasets acquired
between March 2011 and May 2024, involving 220 patients (106 non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, 42 Hodgkin lymphoma); all data underwent ethical review and were
rigorously de-identified. Complete 3D structural information was preserved
during data acquisition, preprocessing and annotation, and a high-quality
dataset was constructed based on the nnUNet format. By systematic technical
validation and evaluation of the preprocessing process, annotation quality and
automatic segmentation algorithm, the deep learning model trained based on this
dataset is verified to achieve accurate segmentation of lymphoma lesions in
PET/CT images with high accuracy, good robustness and reproducibility, which
proves the applicability and stability of this dataset in accurate segmentation
and quantitative analysis. The deep fusion of PET/CT images achieved with this
dataset not only significantly improves the accurate portrayal of the
morphology, location and metabolic features of tumour lesions, but also
provides solid data support for early diagnosis, clinical staging and
personalized treatment, and promotes the development of automated image
segmentation and precision medicine based on deep learning. The dataset and
related resources are available at https://github.com/SuperD0122/LymphAtlas-.