A comparison between two semantic deep learning frameworks for the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease segmentation based on magnetic resonance images.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The automatic segmentation of kidneys in medical images is not a trivial task when the subjects undergoing the medical examination are affected by Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Several works dealing with the segmentation of Computed Tomography images from pathological subjects were proposed, showing high invasiveness of the examination or requiring interaction by the user for performing the segmentation of the images. In this work, we propose a fully-automated approach for the segmentation of Magnetic Resonance images, both reducing the invasiveness of the acquisition device and not requiring any interaction by the users for the segmentation of the images.

Authors

  • Vitoantonio Bevilacqua
  • Antonio Brunetti
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy.
  • Giacomo Donato Cascarano
    Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEI), Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy, Via Edoardo Orabona, 4, Bari, 70125, Italy.
  • Andrea Guerriero
    Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEI), Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy, Via Edoardo Orabona, 4, Bari, 70125, Italy.
  • Francesco Pesce
    D.E.T.O. University of Bari Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11, Bari, 70124, Italy.
  • Marco Moschetta
    D.E.T.O. University of Bari Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11, Bari, 70124, Italy.
  • Loreto Gesualdo
    Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Bioimages and Public Health, Policlinic University Hospital, Bari, Italy.