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ArticleScientific reports2025

A dual encoder network with multiscale feature fusion and multiple pooling channel spatial attention for skin scar image segmentation.

Weiyuan Yang, Xiaolin Wang, Guangwei Chen, Jianming Wen, Dexing Kong, Jianfeng Zhang, Xinyang Ge, Hao Xu, Jianhua Qin

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Weiyuan Yang *Hangzhou Plastic Surgery Hospital, Hangzhou, 310020, China.
Xiaolin Wang *College of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
Guangwei ChenSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
Jianming WenCollege of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
Dexing KongCollege of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
Jianfeng ZhangCollege of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
Xinyang GeCollege of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
Hao XuCollege of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China. hao.xu@zjnu.edu.cn.
Jianhua QinHangzhou Plastic Surgery Hospital, Hangzhou, 310020, China. 542267141@qq.com.

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Jinhua Science and Technology Bureau 2023-3-014National Natural Science Foundation of China 82302350Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LQ23H180002Zhejiang Provincial "Revealing the list and taking command" Project of China KYH06Y22349
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Abstract

Skin scar is a prevalent dermatological concern that impacts both aesthetic appearance and psychological well-being, making precise delineation of scar tissue essential for clinical treatment. To address the challenge of scar image segmentation, this study introduces an innovative deep learning framework integrating CNN and Swin Transformer architectures. The proposed model leverages a multi-scale feature fusion module to combine hierarchical representations from both backbones, while a novel multi-pooling channel-spatial attention mechanism enhances feature refinement during skip connections. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate the model's superior performance in scar segmentation, achieving metrics of 96.01% Accuracy, 77.43% Precision, 90.17% Recall, 71.38% Jaccard Index, and 83.21% Dice Coefficient, which compare favorably with mainstream methods, and our model performs well in all metrics, highlighting its potential for clinical adoption in scar analysis.

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CicatrixImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSkinAlgorithmsDeep LearningHumansNeural Networks, Computerconvolutional neural networkdeep learningsegmentation of skin scar imagestransformer

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PMID40594041
PMCPMC12217583

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