Kidney cortex segmentation in 2D CT with U-Nets ensemble aggregation.

Journal: Diagnostic and interventional imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This work presents our contribution to one of the data challenges organized by the French Radiology Society during the Journées Francophones de Radiologie. This challenge consisted in segmenting the kidney cortex from coronal computed tomography (CT) images, cropped around the cortex.

Authors

  • V Couteaux
    Philips Research France, 33, rue de Verdun, 92150 Suresnes, France; LTCI, Télécom ParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 75013 Paris, France. Electronic address: vincent.couteaux@telecom-paristech.fr.
  • S Si-Mohamed
    CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, Inserm U1206, INSA-Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; Department of Radiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69002 Lyon, France.
  • R Renard-Penna
    Department of Radiology, Hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, GRC-UPMC n°5 Oncotype-URO, Sorbonne universités, 75020 Paris, France.
  • O Nempont
    Philips Research France, 33, rue de Verdun, 92150 Suresnes, France.
  • T Lefevre
    Philips Research France, 33, rue de Verdun, 92150 Suresnes, France.
  • A Popoff
    Philips Research France, 33, rue de Verdun, 92150 Suresnes, France.
  • G Pizaine
    Philips Research France, 33, rue de Verdun, 92150 Suresnes, France.
  • N Villain
    Philips Research France, 33, rue de Verdun, 92150 Suresnes, France.
  • I Bloch
    LTCI, Télécom ParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 75013 Paris, France.
  • J Behr
    Department of Radiology, CHRU de Besançon, 25000 Besançon, France.
  • M-F Bellin
    Department of Radiology, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, 94270 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
  • C Roy
    Department of Radiology, CHU de Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
  • O Rouvière
    Department of Uroradiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, 69002 Lyon, France.
  • S Montagne
    Department of Radiology, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France.
  • N Lassau
    Department of Radiology, Gustave Roussy, IR4M, UMR8081, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France.
  • L Boussel
    Department of radiology, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103, Grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon, France; Unité CNRS UMR 5220, CREATIS, Inserm U1206, Insa Lyon, université Lyon 1, université Jean-Monnet Saint-Étienne, 7, avenue Jean-Capelle, 69100 Villeurbanne, France. Electronic address: loic.boussel@chu-lyon.fr.