Objective:To explore the effect of fully automatic image segmentation of adenoid and nasopharyngeal airway by deep learning model based on U-Net network. Methods:From March 2021 to March 2022, 240 children underwent cone beam computed tomography（CBCT） in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital of Shenzhen University. 52 of them were selected for manual labeling of nasopharynx airway and adenoid, and then were trained and verified by the deep learning model. After applying the model to the remaining data, compare the differences between conventional two-dimensional indicators and deep learning three-dimensional indicators in 240 datasets. Results:For the 52 cases of modeling and training data sets, there was no significant difference between the prediction results of deep learning and the manual labeling results of doctors（P>0.05）. The model evaluation index of nasopharyngeal airway volume: Mean Intersection over Union（MIOU） s （86.32±0.54）%; Dice Similarity Coefficient（DSC）: （92.91±0.23）%; Accuracy: （95.92±0.25）%; Precision: （91.93±0.14）%; and the model evaluation index of Adenoid volume: MIOU: （86.28±0.61）%; DSC: （92.88±0.17）%; Accuracy: （95.90±0.29）%; Precision: （92.30±0.23）%. There was a positive correlation between the two-dimensional index A/N and the three-dimensional index AV/（AV+NAV） in 240 children of different age groups（P<0.05）, and the correlation coefficient of 9-13 years old was 0.74. Conclusion:The deep learning model based on U-Net network has a good effect on the automatic image segmentation of adenoid and nasopharynx airway, and has high application value. The model has a certain generalization ability.
目的：探讨基于U-Net网络的深度学习模型对儿童腺样体及鼻咽气道的全自动图像分割效果。 方法：2021年3月-2022年3月在深圳大学总医院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科因睡眠打鼾或张口呼吸进行锥形束计算机断层扫描（CBCT）检查的患儿240例，选取其中52例进行鼻咽部和腺样体人工标注，再由深度学习模型训练与验证。将模型应用于剩余188例数据后，比较所有240例数据常规二维指标及深度学习三维指标间的差异。 结果：对于52例建模以及训练数据集，深度学习预测结果与人工标注结果差异均无统计学意义（P>0.05），模型评价指标鼻咽气道容积的均交并比为（86.32±0.54）%；相似系数为（92.91±0.23）%；准确度为（95.92±0.25）%；精准度为（91.93±0.14）%；腺样体体积的均交并比为（86.28±0.61）%；相似系数为（92.88±0.17）%；准确度为（95.90±0.29）%；精准度为（92.30±0.23）%。240例不同年龄段患儿二维指标A/N和三维指标AV/（AV+NAV）之间均呈正相关性（P<0.05），9～14岁的相关系数达0.74。 结论：基于U-Net网络的深度学习模型对儿童腺样体及鼻咽气道全自动图像分割效果良好，为今后进一步研究导致OSA的腺样体肥大的三维诊断标准提供有利的大数据计算模型。.
Keywords: U-Net network; adenoid; airway of nasopharynx; cone beam computed tomography; fully automatic image segmentation.
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