Improve Cross-Modality Segmentation by Treating MRI Images as Inverted CT Scans

H H�ntze, L Xu, L Donle, FJ Dorfner, A Hering…�- arXiv preprint arXiv�…, 2024 - arxiv.org
arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.03713, 2024arxiv.org
Computed tomography (CT) segmentation models frequently include classes that are not
currently supported by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) segmentation models. In this
study, we show that a simple image inversion technique can significantly improve the
segmentation quality of CT segmentation models on MRI data, by using the
TotalSegmentator model, applied to T1-weighted MRI images, as example. Image inversion
is straightforward to implement and does not require dedicated graphics processing units�…
Computed tomography (CT) segmentation models frequently include classes that are not currently supported by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) segmentation models. In this study, we show that a simple image inversion technique can significantly improve the segmentation quality of CT segmentation models on MRI data, by using the TotalSegmentator model, applied to T1-weighted MRI images, as example. Image inversion is straightforward to implement and does not require dedicated graphics processing units (GPUs), thus providing a quick alternative to complex deep modality-transfer models for generating segmentation masks for MRI data.
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