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Deep learning model enables population-scale penile MRI segmentation

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Researchers have developed a deep learning framework to automatically segment penile tissue from DIXON MRI scans, enabling population-scale quantitative phenotyping for male reproductive health studies. The model, optimized using a 3D nnU-Net architecture on a curated dataset, achieved observer-level accuracy on an independent test set. This framework was successfully deployed on over 34,000 UK Biobank participants, demonstrating high reproducibility and providing a scalable method for anatomical assessment. AI

IMPACT Enables large-scale quantitative phenotyping in male reproductive health research through automated MRI analysis.

RANK_REASON The item is an academic paper detailing a new deep learning model for medical image segmentation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Deep learning model enables population-scale penile MRI segmentation

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Jan Ernsting, Gunnar Paul Kordes, Nils Johannaber, Lynn Ogoniak, Wolfgang Roll, Tim Hahn, Alexander Siegfried Busch, Benjamin Risse ·

    Population-Scale Segmentation of Penile Tissue in DIXON MRI using Deep Learning for Quantitative Phenotyping in Male Reproductive Health

    arXiv:2607.02127v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Penile measurement is clinically relevant across male reproductive and urogenital health, including conditions such as micropenis, congenital and endocrine disorders, and sexual or urinary dysfunction. However, quantitative assess…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Benjamin Risse ·

    Population-Scale Segmentation of Penile Tissue in DIXON MRI using Deep Learning for Quantitative Phenotyping in Male Reproductive Health

    Penile measurement is clinically relevant across male reproductive and urogenital health, including conditions such as micropenis, congenital and endocrine disorders, and sexual or urinary dysfunction. However, quantitative assessment of penile size has relied mainly on external …

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