학술논문

An Accurate Polyp Segmentation Framework via Feature Secondary Fusion
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 IEEE 20th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2023 IEEE 20th International Symposium on. :1-5 Apr, 2023
Subject
Bioengineering
Computing and Processing
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Image segmentation
Analytical models
Semantics
Logic gates
Benchmark testing
Biomedical imaging
polyp segmentation
feature fusion
feature pyramid network
Language
ISSN
1945-8452
Abstract
Pre-segmentation of potential polyps can effectively improve the diagnostic efficiency of clinical specialists and reduce misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis. A common practice in polyp segmentation is to use Feature Pyramid Network (FPN) for segmentation. The vanilla FPN uses an extremely simple element-wise summation approach for feature fusion, resulting in less effective feature interactions. To solve the above issue, we provide a Feature Secondary Fusion Module (FSFM) in FPN to boost the performance of polyp segmentation. Specifically, in the first fusion, we form a dual-branch architecture to incorporate low-level spatial information into the high-level features and inject high-level semantics into low-level features, respectively, which can significantly reduce information loss. In the second fusion, we apply the gate mechanism to select the informative feature, making the feature fusion more effective. Moreover, rigorous evaluations are carried out on multiple polyp segmentation benchmarks. According to the experimental findings, integrating FSFM into a feature pyramid network surpasses other cutting-edge approaches.