Deep Learning for Medical Image Segmentation: Applications in Disease Detection and Diagnosis
The accurate diagnosis of disorders is contingent upon the accurate segmentation of medical images. It enables physicians to isolate specific regions of the body for further investigation. This study introduces a novel deep learning-based segmentation technique that employs a dynamic region-based model in conjunction with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to enhance the precision of borders and the accuracy of segmentation. To overcome the obstacles associated with segmenting intricate medical images and guarantee precise edge identification, a novel adaptive boundary loss function is suggested. The attention mechanism of the model enables it to fine-tune both small and complicated regions of interest, and it is compatible with a variety of imaging modalities, such as MRI, CT, and ultrasound. The proposed method outperforms existing models on Dice coefficient and Intersection over Union (IoU) metrics, as evidenced by comprehensive evaluations on benchmark datasets, including skin lesion and brain tumor segmentation. The findings indicate that the model has the potential to enhance clinical decision-making by offering more precise disease detection segmentation.
Authors
- R. Kannan
- J Jestus
- P Madesh
Institutions
- Saveetha University (IN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icacrs62842.2024.10841648
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40