Train-Free Segmentation in MRI with Cubical Persistent Homology 文章

arXiv:2401.01160v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We investigate a framework for train-free MRI segmentation based on Topological Data Analysis. The pipeline proceeds in three steps, first identifying the whole object to segment via automatic thresholding, then detecting a distinctive subset whose topology is known in advance, and finally deducing the various components of the segmentation. A key ingredient is the extraction of approximate representative cycles from persistence diagrams, which provides an interpretable link between persistent features and anatomical components. To clarify the method's scope, we make the underlying topological and intensity assumptions explicit, quantify when they hold on real data, and analyze typical failure modes. We evaluate the approach on glioblastoma and on fetal cortical plate segmentation, with comparisons to unsupervised and deep-learning references.