Abstract：Objective To resolve the issue of poor automatic segmentation of the bowel in women with pelvic tumors, a Dense V-Network model was established, trained and evaluated to accurately and automatically delineate the bowel of female patients with pelvic tumors. Methods Dense Net and V-Net network models were combined to develop a Dense V-Network algorithm for automatic segmentation of 3D CT images. CT data were collected from 160 patients with cervical cancer, 130 of which were randomly selected as the training set to adjust the model parameters, and the remaining 30 were used as test set to evaluate the effect of automatic segmentation. Results Eight parameters including Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) were utilized to quantitatively evaluate the segmentation effect. The DSC value, JD,ΔV, SI, IncI, HD (cm), MDA (mm), and DC (mm) of the small intestine were 0.86±0.03,0.25±0.04,0.10±0.07,0.88±0.05,0.85±0.05,2.98±0.61,2.40±0.45 and 4.13±1.74, which were better than those of any other single algorithm. Conclusion Dense V-Network algorithm proposed in this paper can deliver accurate segmentation of the bowel organs. It can be applied in clinical practice after slight revision by physicians.
Wu Qingnan,Guo Wen,Wang Jinyuan et al. Research on automatic segmentation of female bowel based on Dense V-Network neural network[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2020, 29(9): 790-795.
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