title: Supervised feature learning for curvilinear structure segmentation.
abstract: We present a novel, fully-discriminative method for curvilinear structure segmentation that simultaneously learns a classifier and the features it relies on. Our approach requires almost no parameter tuning and, in the case of 2D images, removes the requirement for hand-designed features, thus freeing the practitioner from the time-consuming tasks of parameter and feature selection. Our approach relies on the Gradient Boosting framework to learn discriminative convolutional filters in closed form at each stage, and can operate on raw image pixels as well as additional data sources, such as the output of other methods like the Optimally Oriented Flux. We will show that it outperforms state-of-the-art curvilinear segmentation methods on both 2D images and 3D image stacks.
authors: CVLab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. name.surname@epfl.ch
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Becker
authors: CVLab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Rigamonti
authors: CVLab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Lepetit
authors: CVLab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Fua
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity