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GAN-Based Image Enrichment in Digital Pathology Boosts Segmentation Accuracy

  • L. Gupta
  • , B.M. Klinkhammer
  • , P. Boor
  • , D. Merhof
  • , M. Gadermayr
  • Institute of Imaging & Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University
  • Institute of Pathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital

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Abstract

We introduce the idea of ‘image enrichment’ whereby the information content of images is increased in order to enhance segmentation accuracy. Unlike in data augmentation, the focus is not on increasing the number of training samples (by adding new virtual samples), but on increasing the information for each sample. For this purpose, we use a GAN-based image-to-image translation approach to generate corresponding virtual samples from a given (original) image. The virtual samples are then merged with the original sample to create a multi-channel image, which serves as the enriched image. We train and test a segmentation network on enriched images showing kidney pathology and obtain segmentation scores exhibiting an improvement compared to conventional processing of the original images only. We perform an extensive evaluation and discuss the reasons for the improvement. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2019
Subtitle of host publication22nd International Conference, Shenzhen, China, October 13–17, 2019, Proceedings, Part I
PublisherSpringer Nature
Number of pages9
Volume11764 LNCS
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-32239-7
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-32238-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019 - Shenzen, China
Duration: 13 Oct 201917 Oct 2019
https://www.miccai2019.org/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019
Abbreviated titleMICCAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzen
Period13/10/1917/10/19
Internet address

Keywords

  • Adversarial networks
  • Augmentation
  • Enrichment
  • Histology
  • Kidney
  • Segmentation
  • Sensor fusion
  • Blast enrichment
  • Image enhancement
  • Image segmentation
  • Medical computing
  • Pathology
  • Conventional processing
  • Digital pathologies
  • Information contents
  • Segmentation accuracy
  • Medical image processing

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