Jürgen Wallner1, Michael Schwaiger2, Kerstin Hochegger3, Christina Gsaxner4, Wolfgang Zemann5, Jan Egger6. 1. Medical University of Graz, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Auenbruggerplatz 5/1, Graz 8036, Austria; Computer Algorithms for Medicine Laboratory, Graz 8010, Austria. Electronic address: j.wallner@medunigraz.at. 2. Medical University of Graz, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Auenbruggerplatz 5/1, Graz 8036, Austria; Computer Algorithms for Medicine Laboratory, Graz 8010, Austria. 3. Computer Algorithms for Medicine Laboratory, Graz 8010, Austria; Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 16c/II, Graz 8010, Austria. 4. Medical University of Graz, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Auenbruggerplatz 5/1, Graz 8036, Austria; Computer Algorithms for Medicine Laboratory, Graz 8010, Austria; Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 16c/II, Graz 8010, Austria. 5. Medical University of Graz, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Auenbruggerplatz 5/1, Graz 8036, Austria. 6. Medical University of Graz, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Auenbruggerplatz 5/1, Graz 8036, Austria; Computer Algorithms for Medicine Laboratory, Graz 8010, Austria; Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 16c/II, Graz 8010, Austria; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Dong Chuan Road 800, Shanghai 200240, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Computer-assisted technologies, such as image-based segmentation, play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment support in cranio-maxillofacial surgery. However, although many segmentation software packages exist, their clinical in-house use is often challenging due to constrained technical, human or financial resources. Especially technological solutions or systematic evaluations of open-source based segmentation approaches are lacking. The aim of this contribution is to assess and review the segmentation quality and the potential clinical use of multiple commonly available and license-free segmentation methods on different medical platforms. METHODS: In this contribution, the quality and accuracy of open-source segmentation methods was assessed on different platforms using patient-specific clinical CT-data and reviewed with the literature. The image-based segmentation algorithms GrowCut, Robust Statistics Segmenter, Region Growing 3D, Otsu & Picking, Canny Segmentation and Geodesic Segmenter were investigated in the mandible on the platforms 3D Slicer, MITK and MeVisLab. Comparisons were made between the segmentation algorithms and the ground truth segmentations of the same anatomy performed by two clinical experts (n = 20). Assessment parameters were the Dice Score Coefficient (DSC), the Hausdorff Distance (HD), and Pearsons correlation coefficient (r). RESULTS: The segmentation accuracy was highest with the GrowCut (DSC 85.6%, HD 33.5 voxel) and the Canny (DSC 82.1%, HD 8.5 voxel) algorithm. Statistical differences between the assessment parameters were not significant (p < 0.05) and correlation coefficients were close to the value one (r > 0.94) for any of the comparison made between the segmentation methods and the ground truth schemes. Functionally stable and time-saving segmentations were observed. CONCLUSION: High quality image-based semi-automatic segmentation was provided by the GrowCut and the Canny segmentation method. In the cranio-maxillofacial complex, these segmentation methods provide algorithmic alternatives for image-based segmentation in the clinical practice for e.g. surgical planning or visualization of treatment results and offer advantages through their open-source availability. This is the first systematic multi-platform comparison that evaluates multiple license-free, open-source segmentation methods based on clinical data for the improvement of algorithms and a potential clinical use in patient-individualized medicine. The results presented are reproducible by others and can be used for clinical and research purposes.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Computer-assisted technologies, such as image-based segmentation, play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment support in cranio-maxillofacial surgery. However, although many segmentation software packages exist, their clinical in-house use is often challenging due to constrained technical, human or financial resources. Especially technological solutions or systematic evaluations of open-source based segmentation approaches are lacking. The aim of this contribution is to assess and review the segmentation quality and the potential clinical use of multiple commonly available and license-free segmentation methods on different medical platforms. METHODS: In this contribution, the quality and accuracy of open-source segmentation methods was assessed on different platforms using patient-specific clinical CT-data and reviewed with the literature. The image-based segmentation algorithms GrowCut, Robust Statistics Segmenter, Region Growing 3D, Otsu & Picking, Canny Segmentation and Geodesic Segmenter were investigated in the mandible on the platforms 3D Slicer, MITK and MeVisLab. Comparisons were made between the segmentation algorithms and the ground truth segmentations of the same anatomy performed by two clinical experts (n = 20). Assessment parameters were the Dice Score Coefficient (DSC), the Hausdorff Distance (HD), and Pearsons correlation coefficient (r). RESULTS: The segmentation accuracy was highest with the GrowCut (DSC 85.6%, HD 33.5 voxel) and the Canny (DSC 82.1%, HD 8.5 voxel) algorithm. Statistical differences between the assessment parameters were not significant (p < 0.05) and correlation coefficients were close to the value one (r > 0.94) for any of the comparison made between the segmentation methods and the ground truth schemes. Functionally stable and time-saving segmentations were observed. CONCLUSION: High quality image-based semi-automatic segmentation was provided by the GrowCut and the Canny segmentation method. In the cranio-maxillofacial complex, these segmentation methods provide algorithmic alternatives for image-based segmentation in the clinical practice for e.g. surgical planning or visualization of treatment results and offer advantages through their open-source availability. This is the first systematic multi-platform comparison that evaluates multiple license-free, open-source segmentation methods based on clinical data for the improvement of algorithms and a potential clinical use in patient-individualized medicine. The results presented are reproducible by others and can be used for clinical and research purposes.
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