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This study presents a deep learning method to automatically identify L3 slices and segment abdominal tissues in CT scans. This approach improves cancer diagnosis and treatment planning by providing accurate muscle and fat composition analysis.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Oncology

Background:

  • Accurate L3 slice analysis of abdominal tissues (muscle/fat) is crucial for cancer prognosis but manual segmentation is time-consuming and suffers from class imbalance.
  • L3 slices are a small fraction of CT datasets, posing challenges for automated analysis.
  • Current methods lack robust strategies to handle the imbalanced distribution of L3 slices and abdominal tissues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a deep learning strategy for automated L3 slice detection and abdominal tissue segmentation in CT images.
  • To optimize deep learning models by integrating augmentation ratio and class weight adjustment to address class imbalance.
  • To enhance the reliability and efficiency of quantitative analysis of body composition for cancer biomarker discovery.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective study utilized CT data from 150 prostate and bladder cancer patients.
  • ResNet50 was employed for L3 slice detection; Unet, Swin-Unet, and SegFormer were used for abdominal tissue segmentation.
  • Bayesian optimization was applied to determine optimal augmentation ratios and class weights, mitigating L3 slice and tissue distribution imbalance.

Main Results:

  • The optimized deep learning models significantly reduced L3 slice detection error to approximately 0.68 ± 1.26 slices.
  • Superior abdominal tissue segmentation was achieved, with a Dice coefficient reaching up to 0.987 ± 0.001.
  • The proposed strategy demonstrated improved performance compared to models without correction design variables, confirming the benefit of balancing class distribution.

Conclusions:

  • Automated L3 slice detection and abdominal tissue segmentation using optimized deep learning models enhance performance.
  • Balancing class distribution and fine-tuning model parameters are critical for improving accuracy in medical image analysis.
  • This approach offers a reliable method for generating automated biomarkers, supporting early cancer diagnosis and personalized treatment strategies.