期刊
SENSORS
卷 22, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22030887
关键词
ultrasound; segmentation; deep convolutional neural networks; carotid plaques; encoder-decoder
资金
- Science, Technology and Innovation Seed Fund of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University [znpy2019089]
This paper proposes a novel deep learning network FRDD-Net with feature remapping modules and a new dense decoding mechanism for automatic carotid plaque segmentation, while also introducing a compound loss function to enhance the network's robustness. The proposed architecture shows superior performance compared to other state-of-the-art methods in multiple carotid plaque ultrasound datasets.
Automated segmentation and evaluation of carotid plaques ultrasound images is of great significance for the diagnosis and early intervention of high-risk groups of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, it remains challenging to develop such solutions due to the relatively low quality of ultrasound images and heterogenous characteristics of carotid plaques. To address those problems, in this paper, we propose a novel deep convolutional neural network, FRDD-Net, with an encoder-decoder architecture to automatically segment carotid plaques. We propose the feature remapping modules (FRMs) and incorporate them into the encoding and decoding blocks to ameliorate the reliability of acquired features. We also propose a new dense decoding mechanism as part of the decoder, thus promoting the utilization efficiency of encoded features. Additionally, we construct a compound loss function to train our network to further enhance its robustness in the face of numerous cases. We train and test our network in multiple carotid plaque ultrasound datasets and our method yields the best performance compared to other state-of-the-art methods. Further ablation studies consistently show the advancement of our proposed architecture.
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