Language
English
Publication Date
7-24-2025
Journal
Scientific Data
DOI
10.1038/s41597-025-05623-3
PMID
40707497
PMCID
PMC12290000
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
7-24-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million females of reproductive age worldwide. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been recommended as the primary non-invasive diagnostic method for endometriosis. This study presents new female pelvic MRI multicenter datasets for endometriosis and shows the baseline segmentation performance of two auto-segmentation pipelines: the self-configuring nnU-Net and RAovSeg, a custom network. The multi-sequence endometriosis MRI scans from two clinical institutions were collected. A multicenter dataset of 51 subjects with manual labels for multiple pelvic structures from three raters was used to assess interrater agreement. A second single-center dataset of 81 subjects with labels for multiple pelvic structures from one rater was used to develop the ovary auto-segmentation pipelines. Uterus and ovary segmentations are available for all subjects, endometrioma segmentation is available for all subjects where it is detectable in the image. This study highlights the challenges of manual ovary segmentation in endometriosis MRI and emphasizes the need for an auto-segmentation method. The dataset is publicly available for further research in pelvic MRI auto-segmentation to support endometriosis research.
Keywords
Humans, Endometriosis, Female, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pelvis, Deep Learning, Ovary, Magnetic resonance imaging, Diseases
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Liang, Xiaomin; Alpuing Radilla, Linda A; Khalaj, Kamand; et al., "A Multi-Modal Pelvic MRI Dataset for Deep Learning-Based Pelvic Organ Segmentation in Endometriosis" (2025). Faculty and Staff Publications. 5419.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/5419