计算机科学 ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6A): 250400049-7.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.250400049

• 图像处理&多媒体技术 • 上一篇    下一篇

基于脑解剖结构的胎儿小脑产前诊断

吴晓晓1, 吴兴隆1,2   

  1. 1 武汉工程大学计算机科学与工程学院 武汉 430205
    2 新疆人工智能影像辅助诊断重点实验室 新疆 喀什 844000
  • 出版日期:2026-06-16 发布日期:2026-06-12
  • 通讯作者: 吴兴隆(xwu@wit.edu.cn)
  • 作者简介:(2933097440@qq.com)
  • 基金资助:
    新疆人工智能辅助影像诊断重点实验室基金(XJRGZN2024008)

Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Cerebellum Based on Brain Anatomical Structures

WU Xiaoxiao1, WU Xinglong1,2   

  1. 1 School of Computer Science and Engineering,Wuhan Institute of Technology,Wuhan 430205,China
    2 Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Imaging Diagnosis,Kashi,Xinjiang 844000,China
  • Published:2026-06-16 Online:2026-06-12
  • About author:WU Xiaoxiao,born in 2000,postgra-duate.Her main research interests include computer vision and deep lear-ning.
    WU Xinglong,born in 1979,Ph.D,associate professor.His main research in-terests include machine vision and biomedical image processing.
  • Supported by:
    Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Imaging Diagnosis Fund(XJRGZN2024008).

摘要: 胎儿小脑发育不良(CH)是一种严重的中枢神经系统发育异常,其早期诊断对胎儿健康至关重要。对此,提出一种基于脑解剖结构的网络(Brain Anatomy-Based Network,BAB-Net),用于胎儿CH的产前诊断,旨在提高超声图像的诊断准确性。BAB-Net以超声图像和脑部解剖结构特征作为输入,利用解剖结构约束网络进行特征提取与融合。收集了2019年9月至2023年9月期间某三甲医院的超声图像数据,共纳入301例CH胎儿病例和547例正常胎儿病例。病例中小脑、延髓池及颅骨边界均由经验丰富的超声医师标定。在训练集上完成模型训练后,BAB-Net在两个独立测试集上的分类准确率分别达到0.977 8和0.922 2,显著优于多个主流分类网络。在孕周小于30周的病例中,BAB-Net表现出较高的诊断准确性。进一步分析发现,胎儿小脑及延髓池的解剖结构对网络性能的影响大于颅骨结构。通过融合解剖结构约束,BAB-Net有效提升了胎儿CH的诊断精度,为CH的产前筛查提供了新的技术手段,并为临床医生在孕期管理和精准干预方面提供了重要参考。

关键词: 小脑发育不良, 超声, 延髓池, 解剖结构, 深度学习

Abstract: Fetal Cerebellar Hypoplasia(CH) is a severe developmental disorder of the central nervous system,the early diagnosis of which is crucial for the health of the foetus.This paper proposes a brain anatomy-based network(BAB-Net) for prenatal diagnosis of CH,aiming to improve the accuracy of ultrasound-based diagnosis.BAB-Net takes ultrasound images and brain anatomical features as inputs and uses an anatomy-constrained network for feature extraction and fusion.Ultrasound image data from a tertiary hospital between September 2019 and September 2023 are collected,including a total of 301 cases of CH-affected fetuses and 547 cases of normal fetuses.In these cases,the boundaries of the cerebellums,cisterna magnas,and skulls are marked by experienced sonographers.When the model training is completed,the classification accuracies of BAB-Net on two independent test sets reach 0.977 8 and 0.922 2 respectively,notebly superior to other mainstream networks.In cases where the gestational age is less than 30 weeks,BAB-Net showes higher accuracy.Further analysis finds that the influence of the anatomical structures of the fetal cerebellum and cisterna magna on the network performance is greater than that of the skull structure.By blended with the anatomy-constrained network,BAB-Net effectively improves the diagnostic accuracy of fetal CH,provides a new approach for prenatal screening of CH and offers important references for clinicians in pregnancy management and precise intervention.

Key words: Cerebellar Hypoplasia, Ultrasound, Medullary cistern, Anatomical structures, Deep learning

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