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ArticleCancers2024

Enhancing Surgical Guidance: Deep Learning-Based Liver Vessel Segmentation in Real-Time Ultrasound Video Frames.

Muhammad Awais, Mais Al Taie, Caleb S O'Connor, Austin H Castelo, Belkacem Acidi, Hop S Tran Cao, Kristy K Brock

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Muhammad AwaisDepartment of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mais Al TaieDepartment of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Caleb S O'ConnorDepartment of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-2871-6692
Austin H CasteloDepartment of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Belkacem AcidiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Hop S Tran CaoDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8612-8272
Kristy K BrockDepartment of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9364-5040

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Optimization and Evaluation of Anatomical Models of Liver Radiation ResponseR01CA221971 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BROCK, KRISTY · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Anatomical Modeling to Improve the Precision of Image Guided Liver AblationR01CA235564 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BROCK, KRISTY, ODISIO, BRUNO C · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health 1R01CA221971National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health R01CA235564National Institutes of Health/NCI P30CA016672NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA221971NCI NIH HHS R01 CA235564
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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesIn the field of surgical medicine, the planning and execution of liver resection procedures present formidable challenges, primarily attributable to the intricate and highly individualized nature of liver vascular anatomy. In the current surgical milieu, intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) has become indispensable; however, traditional 2D ultrasound imaging's interpretability is hindered by noise and speckle artifacts. Accurate identification of critical structures for preservation during hepatectomy requires advanced surgical skills.

methodsAn AI-based model that can help detect and recognize vessels including the inferior vena cava (IVC); the right (RHV), middle (MHV), and left (LVH) hepatic veins; the portal vein (PV) and its major first and second order branches the left portal vein (LPV), right portal vein (RPV), and right anterior (RAPV) and posterior (RPPV) portal veins, for real-time IOUS navigation can be of immense value in liver surgery. This research aims to advance the capabilities of IOUS-guided interventions by applying an innovative AI-based approach named the "2D-weigthed U-Net model" for the segmentation of multiple blood vessels in real-time IOUS video frames.

resultsOur proposed deep learning (DL) model achieved a mean Dice score of 0.92 for IVC, 0.90 for RHV, 0.89 for MHV, 0.86 for LHV, 0.95 for PV, 0.93 for LPV, 0.84 for RPV, 0.85 for RAPV, and 0.96 for RPPV.

conclusionIn the future, this research will be extended for real-time multi-label segmentation of extended vasculature in the liver, followed by the translation of our model into the surgical suite.

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2D-weighted U-Net modeldeep learningintraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) video framesliver vessel segmentation

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PMCPMC11545685

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