Weak supervision medical image segmentation method and system based on causal intervention

By constructing a causal intervention module in medical image segmentation, decoupling causal features and mixed features, the problems of labeling difficulties and data confusion in medical image segmentation are solved, and the accuracy and diagnostic effect of segmentation are improved.

CN119693642AActive Publication Date: 2025-03-25XI AN JIAOTONG UNIV

Patent Information

Application Number
CN202411744137.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-30
Publication Date
2025-03-25
Estimated Expiration
2044-11-30

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Technical Problem

The prior art faces the problem of lack of pixel-level fine labeling and data confounding factors in medical image segmentation, resulting in poor segmentation performance.

Method used

Weakly supervised medical image segmentation method based on causal intervention is adopted to decouple causal characteristics and confounding characteristics by constructing a causal intervention module, and use causal intervention to remove the impact of confounding characteristics on the predicted results.

Benefits of technology

It improves the accuracy of medical image segmentation, especially when there are interferences of confounding factors, and significantly improves the diagnostic effect of brain images.

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Abstract

The invention discloses a weak supervision medical image segmentation method and system based on causal intervention, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a causal intervention module after preprocessing an original image sample, and designing causal feature loss, hybrid feature loss and intervention loss; a causal category score and a mixed category score are respectively obtained through average pooling and are respectively used as inputs of causal loss and mixed loss; the causal features and random transformation hybrid features are combined to obtain hybrid scores as input of intervention loss; according to the method, an improved weak supervision medical image segmentation model is established, a target area can be more effectively positioned, a weak supervision brain tumor image segmentation model with better fitting can still be obtained under the interference of confounding factors, the accuracy of a brain image false segmentation mask is improved, and the diagnosis effect of a brain image is improved.
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