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This study introduces two convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for segmenting low-quality corneal endothelium (CE) images. The U-net model significantly improved accuracy and reduced errors in clinical parameter estimation compared to existing methods.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Computer Vision
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • Corneal endothelium (CE) imaging is crucial for assessing corneal health.
  • Automatic segmentation of CE images is challenging due to low image quality from in vivo techniques.
  • Accurate segmentation is necessary for computing key clinical morphometric parameters.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate two novel convolutional neural networks (CNNs), U-net and a sliding-window network (SW-net), for segmenting corneal endothelium images.
  • To assess the impact of probabilistic labels, contrast enhancement preprocessing, and Fourier analysis/watershed postprocessing on segmentation performance.
  • To compare the performance of the proposed CNN methods against manual delineation and existing techniques.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a global U-net based fully convolutional network and a local SW-net for CE image segmentation.
  • Utilization of probabilistic labels instead of binary labels for improved segmentation accuracy.
  • Application of a contrast enhancement preprocessing method and a postprocessing technique involving Fourier analysis and watershed transformation.
  • Evaluation on 50 corneal endothelium images acquired using a Topcon SP-1P specular microscope.

Main Results:

  • The U-net model achieved superior performance with a higher Area Under the Curve (AUC=0.9938) compared to SW-net (AUC=0.9921).
  • Postprocessing resulted in a DICE score of 0.981 and a Modified Hausdorff Distance (MHD) of 0.22 for U-net, outperforming SW-net (DICE=0.978, MHD=0.30).
  • U-net demonstrated statistically significant improvements in precision and accuracy for estimating cell density (ECD), polymegethism (CV), and pleomorphism (HEX), with minimal mean relative errors (0.4% for ECD, 2.8% for CV, 1.3% for HEX).

Conclusions:

  • Both U-net and SW-net offer statistically significant advancements over current state-of-the-art methods for corneal endothelium segmentation.
  • The U-net model achieved the lowest error rates and superior performance in clinical parameter estimation.
  • Further improvements in segmentation performance can be achieved by refining the U-net approach based on prior work.