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arXiv CS.AI·May 28·6 min read
Anatomy-Slot: Unsupervised Anatomical Factorization for Homologous Bilateral Reasoning in Retinal Diagnosis
TL;DR
Retinal diagnosis typically requires manual comparison of left and right eye images, but current AI systems lack structured understanding of anatomical symmetry. Anatomy-Slot introduces an unsupervised method that automatically discovers and factors anatomical structures as interpretable components, enabling the model to reason about bilateral (paired eye) relationships without labeled training data.
✦ Why It Matters
Engineers can build more interpretable and robust retinal AI systems by incorporating anatomical structure discovery and bilateral symmetry constraints.
Key Takeaways
- Explore unsupervised methods for anatomical analysis in medical imaging.
- Utilize bilateral comparisons to enhance diagnostic models.
- Implement cross-attention mechanisms for better alignment of structures.
- Test model robustness against noise to ensure reliability.
How It Works
Anatomy-Slot decomposes retinal images into anatomical slots that represent distinct structures. It uses bidirectional cross-attention to align these slots across both eyes, allowing for a more comprehensive analysis of bilateral differences.