Automated Audit and Self-Correction Algorithm for Seg-Hallucination Using MeshCNN-Based On-Demand Generative AI
Bioengineering,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
12(1), С. 81 - 81
Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025
Recent
advancements
in
deep
learning
have
significantly
improved
medical
image
segmentation.
However,
the
generalization
performance
and
potential
risks
of
data-driven
models
remain
insufficiently
validated.
Specifically,
unrealistic
segmentation
predictions
deviating
from
actual
anatomical
structures,
known
as
a
Seg-Hallucination,
often
occur
learning-based
models.
The
Seg-Hallucinations
can
result
erroneous
quantitative
analyses
distort
critical
imaging
biomarker
information,
yet
effective
audits
or
corrections
to
address
these
issues
are
rare.
Therefore,
we
propose
an
automated
Seg-Hallucination
surveillance
correction
(ASHSC)
algorithm
utilizing
only
3D
organ
mask
information
derived
CT
images
without
reliance
on
ground
truth.
Two
publicly
available
datasets
were
used
developing
ASHSC
algorithm:
280
scans
TotalSegmentator
dataset
for
training
274
Cancer
Imaging
Archive
(TCIA)
evaluation.
utilizes
two-stage
on-demand
strategy
with
mesh-based
convolutional
neural
networks
generative
artificial
intelligence.
quality
level
(SQ-level)-based
stage
was
evaluated
using
area
under
receiver
operating
curve,
sensitivity,
specificity,
positive
predictive
value.
assessed
similarity
metrics:
volumetric
Dice
score,
volume
error
percentage,
average
surface
distance,
Hausdorff
distance.
Average
resulted
AUROC
0.94
±
0.01,
sensitivity
0.82
0.03,
specificity
0.90
PPV
0.92
0.01
test
dataset.
After
refinement
stage,
all
four
metrics
compared
single
use
AI-segmentation
model.
This
study
not
enhances
efficiency
reliability
handling
but
also
eliminates
offers
intuitive
guidance
uncertainty
regions,
while
maintaining
manageable
computational
complexity.
SQ-level-based
adaptively
minimizes
uncertainties
inherent
deep-learning-based
masks
advances
auditing
methodologies.
Язык: Английский
Performance of Commercial Deep Learning-Based Auto-Segmentation Software for Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy Planning: A Systematic Review
Information,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(3), С. 215 - 215
Опубликована: Март 11, 2025
As
yet,
there
is
no
systematic
review
focusing
on
benefits
and
issues
of
commercial
deep
learning-based
auto-segmentation
(DLAS)
software
for
prostate
cancer
(PCa)
radiation
therapy
(RT)
planning
despite
that
NRG
Oncology
has
underscored
such
necessity.
This
article’s
purpose
to
systematically
DLAS
product
performances
PCa
RT
their
associated
evaluation
methodology.
A
literature
search
was
performed
with
the
use
electronic
databases
7
November
2024.
Thirty-two
articles
were
included
as
per
selection
criteria.
They
evaluated
12
products
(Carina
Medical
LLC
INTContour
(Lexington,
KY,
USA),
Elekta
AB
ADMIRE
(Stockholm,
Sweden),
Limbus
AI
Inc.
Contour
(Regina,
SK,
Canada),
Manteia
Technologies
Co.
AccuContour
(Jian
Sheng,
China),
MIM
Software
ProtégéAI
(Cleveland,
OH,
Mirada
Ltd.
DLCExpert
(Oxford,
UK),
MVision.ai
Contour+
(Helsinki,
Finland),
Radformation
AutoContour
(New
York,
NY,
RaySearch
Laboratories
RayStation
Siemens
Healthineers
AG
AI-Rad
Companion
Organs
RT,
syngo.via
Image
Suite
DirectORGANS
(Erlangen,
Germany),
Therapanacea
Annotate
(Paris,
France),
Varian
Systems,
Ethos
(Palo
Alto,
CA,
USA)).
Their
results
illustrate
can
delineate
organs
at
risk
(abdominopelvic
cavity,
anal
canal,
bladder,
body,
cauda
equina,
left
(L)
right
(R)
femurs,
L
R
pelvis,
proximal
sacrum)
four
clinical
target
volumes
(prostate,
lymph
nodes,
bed,
seminal
vesicle
bed)
clinically
acceptable
outcomes,
resulting
in
delineation
time
reduction,
5.7–81.1%.
Although
recommended
each
centre
perform
its
own
prior
implementation,
seems
more
important
due
methodological
respective
single
studies,
e.g.,
small
dataset
used,
etc.
Язык: Английский