Scientific Reports (Oct 2024)

MCH-PAN: gastrointestinal polyp detection model integrating multi-scale feature information

  • Ling Wang,
  • Jingjing Wan,
  • Xianchun Meng,
  • Bolun Chen,
  • Wei Shao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74609-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Abstract The rise of object detection models has brought new breakthroughs to the development of clinical decision support systems. However, in the field of gastrointestinal polyp detection, there are still challenges such as uncertainty in polyp identification and inadequate coping with polyp scale variations. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a novel gastrointestinal polyp object detection model. The model can automatically identify polyp regions in gastrointestinal images and accurately label them. In terms of design, the model integrates multi-channel information to enhance the ability and robustness of channel feature expression, thus better coping with the complexity of polyp structures. At the same time, a hierarchical structure is constructed in the model to enhance the model’s adaptability to multi-scale targets, effectively addressing the problem of large-scale variations in polyps. Furthermore, a channel attention mechanism is designed in the model to improve the accuracy of target positioning and reduce uncertainty in diagnosis. By integrating these strategies, the proposed gastrointestinal polyp object detection model can achieve accurate polyp detection, providing clinicians with reliable and valuable references. Experimental results show that the model exhibits superior performance in gastrointestinal polyp detection, which helps improve the diagnostic level of digestive system diseases and provides useful references for related research fields.