NnU-Net versus mesh growing algorithm as a tool for the robust and timely segmentation of neurosurgical 3D images in contrast-enhanced T1 MRI scans
Augmented Reality
610 Medicine & health
2746 Surgery
10180 Clinic for Neurosurgery
03 medical and health sciences
2728 Neurology (clinical)
Deep Learning
Segmentation
0302 clinical medicine
Artificial Intelligence
Neurosurgical Planning
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DOI:
10.1007/s00701-024-05973-8
Publication Date:
2024-02-20T06:02:05Z
AUTHORS (10)
ABSTRACT
Abstract
Purpose
This study evaluates the nnU-Net for segmenting brain, skin, tumors, and ventricles in contrast-enhanced T1 (T1CE) images, benchmarking it against an established mesh growing algorithm (MGA).
Methods
We used 67 retrospectively collected annotated single-center T1CE brain scans for training models for brain, skin, tumor, and ventricle segmentation. An additional 32 scans from two centers were used test performance compared to that of the MGA. The performance was measured using the Dice-Sørensen coefficient (DSC), intersection over union (IoU), 95th percentile Hausdorff distance (HD95), and average symmetric surface distance (ASSD) metrics, with time to segment also compared.
Results
The nnU-Net models significantly outperformed the MGA (p < 0.0125) with a median brain segmentation DSC of 0.971 [95CI: 0.945–0.979], skin: 0.997 [95CI: 0.984–0.999], tumor: 0.926 [95CI: 0.508–0.968], and ventricles: 0.910 [95CI: 0.812–0.968]. Compared to the MGA’s median DSC for brain: 0.936 [95CI: 0.890, 0.958], skin: 0.991 [95CI: 0.964, 0.996], tumor: 0.723 [95CI: 0.000–0.926], and ventricles: 0.856 [95CI: 0.216–0.916]. NnU-Net performance between centers did not significantly differ except for the skin segmentations Additionally, the nnU-Net models were faster (mean: 1139 s [95CI: 685.0–1616]) than the MGA (mean: 2851 s [95CI: 1482–6246]).
Conclusions
The nnU-Net is a fast, reliable tool for creating automatic deep learning-based segmentation pipelines, reducing the need for extensive manual tuning and iteration. The models are able to achieve this performance despite a modestly sized training set. The ability to create high-quality segmentations in a short timespan can prove invaluable in neurosurgical settings.
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