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ArticleJapanese journal of radiology2025

Comparison of publicly available artificial intelligence models for pancreatic segmentation on T1-weighted Dixon images.

Yuki Sonoda, Shota Fujisawa, Mariko Kurokawa, Wataru Gonoi, Shouhei Hanaoka, Takeharu Yoshikawa, Osamu Abe

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Yuki SonodaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. ysonoda.diagrad@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8622-2433
Shota FujisawaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Mariko KurokawaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Wataru GonoiDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Shouhei HanaokaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Takeharu YoshikawaDepartment of Computational Diagnostic Radiology and Preventive Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Osamu AbeDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.

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Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to compare three publicly available deep learning models (TotalSegmentator, TotalVibeSegmentator, and PanSegNet) for automated pancreatic segmentation on magnetic resonance images and to evaluate their performance against human annotations in terms of segmentation accuracy, volumetric measurement, and intrapancreatic fat fraction (IPFF) assessment. MATERIALS AND

methodsTwenty upper abdominal T1-weighted magnetic resonance series acquired using the two-point Dixon method were randomly selected. Three radiologists manually segmented the pancreas, and a ground-truth mask was constructed through a majority vote per voxel. Pancreatic segmentation was also performed using the three artificial intelligence models. Performance was evaluated using the Dice similarity coefficient (DSC), 95th-percentile Hausdorff distance, average symmetric surface distance, positive predictive value, sensitivity, Bland-Altman plots, and concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) for pancreatic volume and IPFF.

resultsPanSegNet achieved the highest DSC (mean ± standard deviation, 0.883 ± 0.095) and showed no statistically significant difference from the human interobserver DSC (0.896 ± 0.068; p = 0.24). In contrast, TotalVibeSegmentator (0.731 ± 0.105) and TotalSegmentator (0.707 ± 0.142) had significantly lower DSC values compared with the human interobserver average (p < 0.001). For pancreatic volume and IPFF, PanSegNet demonstrated the best agreement with the ground truth (CCC values of 0.958 and 0.993, respectively), followed by TotalSegmentator (0.834 and 0.980) and TotalVibeSegmentator (0.720 and 0.672).

conclusionPanSegNet demonstrated the highest segmentation accuracy and the best agreement with human measurements for both pancreatic volume and IPFF on T1-weighted Dixon images. This model appears to be the most suitable for large-scale studies requiring automated pancreatic segmentation and intrapancreatic fat evaluation.

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Artificial IntelligenceDeep LearningImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingPancreasAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSensitivity and SpecificityArtificial intelligenceDixon methodIntrapancreatic fat fractionPancreasPancreatic fat depositionSegmentation

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