Summary of Meply: a Large-scale Dataset and Baseline Evaluations For Metastatic Perirectal Lymph Node Detection and Segmentation, by Weidong Guo et al.
Meply: A Large-scale Dataset and Baseline Evaluations for Metastatic Perirectal Lymph Node Detection and Segmentation
by Weidong Guo, Hantao Zhang, Shouhong Wan, Bingbing Zou, Wanqin Wang, Chenyang Qiu, Jun Li, Peiquan Jin
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research presents a novel approach to segmenting metastatic lymph nodes in rectal cancer patients using computed tomography (CT) images. The task is challenging due to the lack of annotated datasets and the small size, irregular shape, and low contrast of the lymph nodes compared to the surrounding tissue. To address this issue, the authors introduce the Meply dataset, a large-scale pixel-level annotated dataset containing 269 patients diagnosed with rectal cancer. Additionally, they propose the CoSAM model, which utilizes sequence-based detection to guide the segmentation process. The CoSAM model consists of three components: a sequence-based detection module, a segmentation module, and a collaborative convergence unit. The authors evaluate the performance of CoSAM using the Meply dataset and compare it with several popular segmentation methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps doctors better diagnose and treat rectal cancer by improving how they use CT scans to find tiny tumors in the lymph nodes. Right now, it’s hard to accurately detect these small tumors because they are difficult to see on CT scans. To fix this problem, the researchers created a big dataset of CT scans with labeled tumors (Meply) and developed a new computer model (CoSAM) that can find these tumors more accurately than other methods. |
