bibtext: @InProceedings{ Ten_KnowledgeGuided_MICCAI2024,
                   author = { Teng, Lin and Zhao, Zihao and Huang, Jiawei and Cao, Zehong and Meng, Runqi and Shi, Feng and Shen, Dinggang },
                   title = { { Knowledge-Guided Prompt Learning for Lifespan Brain MR Image Segmentation } },
                   booktitle = {Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2024},
                   year = {2024},
                   publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
                   volume = { LNCS 15002 },
                   month = {October},
                   pages = { pending },
                }
abstract: Automatic and accurate segmentation of brain MR images throughout the human lifespan into tissue and structure is crucial for understanding brain development and diagnosing diseases. However, challenges arise from the intricate variations in brain appearance due to rapid early brain development, aging, and disorders, compounded by the limited availability of manually labeled datasets. In response, we present a two-step segmentation framework employing Knowledge-Guided Prompt Learning (KGPL) for brain MRI. Specifically, we first pre-train segmentation models on large-scale datasets with sub-optimal labels, followed by the incorporation of knowledge-driven embeddings learned from image-text alignment into the models. The introduction of knowledge-wise prompts captures semantic relationships between anatomical variability and biological processes, enabling models to learn structural feature embeddings across diverse age groups. Experimental findings demonstrate the superiority and robustness of our proposed method, particularly noticeable when employing Swin UNETR as the backbone. Our approach achieves average DSC values of 95.17% and 94.19% for brain tissue and structure segmentation, respectively. Our code is available at https://github.com/TL9792/KGPL.
title: Knowledge-Guided Prompt Learning for Lifespan Brain MR Image Segmentation
authors: Teng, Lin Zhao, Zihao Huang, Jiawei Cao, Zehong Meng, Runqi Shi, Feng Shen, Dinggang