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Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography
Computed tomography (CT) is used to diagnose urolithiasis, a prevalent condition. In order to establish the strongest foundation for the quantifiability of urolithiasis, this study aims to develop semi-automated urolithiasis segmentation methods for CT images that differ in terms of surface-partial-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10289361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37352326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286016 |
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author | Neubauer, Jakob Wilhelm, Konrad Gratzke, Christian Bamberg, Fabian Reisert, Marco Kellner, Elias |
author_facet | Neubauer, Jakob Wilhelm, Konrad Gratzke, Christian Bamberg, Fabian Reisert, Marco Kellner, Elias |
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description | Computed tomography (CT) is used to diagnose urolithiasis, a prevalent condition. In order to establish the strongest foundation for the quantifiability of urolithiasis, this study aims to develop semi-automated urolithiasis segmentation methods for CT images that differ in terms of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive thresholding. It also examines the diagnostic accuracy of these methods in terms of volume and maximum stone diameter. One hundred and one uroliths were positioned in an anthropomorphic phantom and prospectively examined in CT. Four different segmentation methods were developed and used to segment the uroliths semi-automatically based on CT images. Volume and maximum diameter were calculated from the segmentations. Volume and maximum diameter of the uroliths were measured independently by three urologists by means of electronic calipers. The average value of the urologists´ measurements was used as a reference standard. Statistical analysis was performed with multivariate Bartlett’s test. Volume and maximum diameter were in very good agreement with the reference measurements (r>0.99) and the diagnostic accuracy of all segmentation methods used was very high. Regarding the diagnostic accuracy no difference could be detected between the different segmentation methods tested (p>0.55). All four segmentation methods allow for accurate characterization of urolithiasis in CT with respect to volume and maximum diameter of uroliths. Thus, a simple thresholding approach with an absolute value may suffice for robust determination of volume and maximum diameter in urolithiasis. |
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spelling | pubmed-102893612023-06-24 Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography Neubauer, Jakob Wilhelm, Konrad Gratzke, Christian Bamberg, Fabian Reisert, Marco Kellner, Elias PLoS One Research Article Computed tomography (CT) is used to diagnose urolithiasis, a prevalent condition. In order to establish the strongest foundation for the quantifiability of urolithiasis, this study aims to develop semi-automated urolithiasis segmentation methods for CT images that differ in terms of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive thresholding. It also examines the diagnostic accuracy of these methods in terms of volume and maximum stone diameter. One hundred and one uroliths were positioned in an anthropomorphic phantom and prospectively examined in CT. Four different segmentation methods were developed and used to segment the uroliths semi-automatically based on CT images. Volume and maximum diameter were calculated from the segmentations. Volume and maximum diameter of the uroliths were measured independently by three urologists by means of electronic calipers. The average value of the urologists´ measurements was used as a reference standard. Statistical analysis was performed with multivariate Bartlett’s test. Volume and maximum diameter were in very good agreement with the reference measurements (r>0.99) and the diagnostic accuracy of all segmentation methods used was very high. Regarding the diagnostic accuracy no difference could be detected between the different segmentation methods tested (p>0.55). All four segmentation methods allow for accurate characterization of urolithiasis in CT with respect to volume and maximum diameter of uroliths. Thus, a simple thresholding approach with an absolute value may suffice for robust determination of volume and maximum diameter in urolithiasis. Public Library of Science 2023-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10289361/ /pubmed/37352326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286016 Text en © 2023 Neubauer et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Neubauer, Jakob Wilhelm, Konrad Gratzke, Christian Bamberg, Fabian Reisert, Marco Kellner, Elias Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
title | Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
title_full | Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
title_fullStr | Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
title_short | Effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
title_sort | effect of surface-partial-volume correction and adaptive threshold on segmentation of uroliths in computed tomography |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10289361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37352326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286016 |
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