Electronic Science and Technology ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (7): 43-52.doi: 10.16180/j.cnki.issn1007-7820.2024.07.006

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A Self-Supervised CT Image Classification Method Incorporating Intra-Slice Semantic and Inter-Slice Structural Features

CAO Chunping, XU Zhihua   

  1. School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering,University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,Shanghai 200093,China
  • Received:2023-02-08 Online:2024-07-15 Published:2024-07-17
  • Supported by:
    Zhejiang Health and Wellness Commission Facially Project(2022KY122);Zhejiang TCM Science and Technology Program(2019ZA023)

Abstract:

In view of the scarcity of artificial labels and poor classification performance in CT(Computed Tomography) image analysis, a self-supervised CT image classification method combining in-slice semantic and interslice structural features is proposed in this study.In this method, the hierarchical structure of CT images and the semantic features of local components are utilized to process the unlabeled lesion images through the confusion section generation algorithm, and the spatial index and confusion section are generated as supervisory information.In the self-supervised auxiliary task, the ResNet50 network was used to extract both the intraslice semantic and interslice structural features related to the lesion site from the confused sections, and the learned features were transferred to the subsequent medical classification task, so that the final model gained from the unlabeled data.The experimental results show that compared with other 2D and 3D models for CT images, the proposed method can achieve better classification performance and label utilization efficiency when the used labeled data is limited.

Key words: medical image classification, 3D medical image processing, CT images, self-supervised learning, transfer learning, few shot learning, intra-slice semantic features, inter-slice structural features, ResNet50

CLC Number: 

  • TP391