AttentionUNet：一种全新的医学图像分割方式

一、AttentionUNet速度

AttentionUNet是一个新颖的网络结构，它有效地将U-Net(一种流行的医学图像分割框架)与注意力机制相结合，可以在更少的时间内实现高质量的医学图像分割。

相比于传统的U-Net模型，AttentionUNet的速度要快得多。因为AttentionUNet引入了注意力机制，可以只关注有用的特征，从而减少了网络的计算复杂度。

下面是使用AttentionUNet进行医学图像分割的示例代码：

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F

class ConvBlock(nn.Module):
  def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels):
    super(ConvBlock, self).__init__()
    self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(in_channels, out_channels, 3, padding=1)
    self.bn1 = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels)
    self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels, 3, padding=1)
    self.bn2 = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels)
    
  def forward(self, x):
    x = F.relu(self.bn1(self.conv1(x)))
    x = F.relu(self.bn2(self.conv2(x)))
    return x
    
class AttentionBlock(nn.Module):
  def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels):
    super(AttentionBlock, self).__init__()
    self.conv = nn.Conv2d(in_channels, out_channels, 1)
    self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels)
    
    self.theta = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels // 8, 1)
    self.phi = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels // 8, 1)
    self.g = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels // 2, 1)
    
    self.W = nn.Conv2d(out_channels // 2, out_channels, 1)
    
  def forward(self, x):
    h = F.relu(self.bn(self.conv(x)))
    
    theta = self.theta(h)
    phi = F.max_pool2d(self.phi(h), [2, 2])
    g = F.max_pool2d(self.g(h), [2, 2])
    
    theta = theta.view(-1, theta.size(1), theta.size(2) * theta.size(3))
    theta = theta.permute(0, 2, 1)
    phi = phi.view(-1, phi.size(1), phi.size(2) * phi.size(3))
    f = torch.matmul(theta, phi)
    f = F.softmax(f, dim=-1)
    
    g = g.view(-1, g.size(1), g.size(2) * g.size(3))
    out = torch.matmul(f, g)
    out = out.permute(0, 2, 1).contiguous()
    out = out.view(-1, self.W.size(1), h.size(2), h.size(3))
    out = self.W(out)
    
    return out + h
    
class AttentionUNet(nn.Module):
  def __init__(self, in_channels=3, out_channels=1, init_features=32):
    super(AttentionUNet, self).__init__()
    self.downsamples = nn.ModuleList([])
    self.upsamples = nn.ModuleList([])
    
    features = init_features
    self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(in_channels, features, 3, padding=1)
    self.bn1 = nn.BatchNorm2d(features)
    self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(features, features, 3, padding=1)
    self.bn2 = nn.BatchNorm2d(features)
    
    for i in range(4):
      self.downsamples.append(ConvBlock(features, features * 2))
      features = features * 2
      
    features = features * 2
    self.bridge = ConvBlock(features, features)
    
    for i in range(4):
      self.upsamples.append(AttentionBlock(features, features // 2))
      features = features // 2
    self.conv3 = nn.Conv2d(init_features, out_channels, 1)
    
  def forward(self, x):
    residuals = []
    out = F.relu(self.bn1(self.conv1(x)))
    out = F.relu(self.bn2(self.conv2(out)))
    residuals.append(out)
    
    for downsample in self.downsamples:
      out = downsample(out)
      residuals.append(out)
      
    out = self.bridge(out)
    
    for i in range(len(self.upsamples)):
      attention = self.upsamples[i](out)
      out = F.interpolate(out, scale_factor=2, mode='bilinear', align_corners=True)
      out = torch.cat([out, attention], dim=1)
      
    out = self.conv3(torch.cat([residuals[-1], out], dim=1))
    return out
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
  model = AttentionUNet(in_channels=3, out_channels=1, init_features=32)
  print(model)

二、AttentionUNet代码

AttentionUNet模型的代码可以从上面的示例中简单地看出来，它是由若干个卷积块和注意力块组成，并在卷积块之间添加了下采样和上采样操作，从而得到更好的分辨率。

注意力块在这里起到了非常重要的作用，能够专注于有用的特征，从而帮助网络更快地学习到有意义的信息。

代码中的模型结构在训练医学图像分割模型时特别有用，下面是数据准备和模型训练的示例代码：

from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
from torchvision import transforms

train_transforms = transforms.Compose([
  transforms.RandomHorizontalFlip(p=0.5),
  transforms.RandomVerticalFlip(p=0.5),
  transforms.ToTensor(),
])

val_transforms = transforms.Compose([
  transforms.ToTensor(),
])

train_data = MedicalImageSegmentationDataset(data_dir='train', transforms=train_transforms)
val_data = MedicalImageSegmentationDataset(data_dir='val', transforms=val_transforms)

train_loader = DataLoader(train_data, batch_size=4, shuffle=True, num_workers=2)
val_loader = DataLoader(val_data, batch_size=1, shuffle=False, num_workers=1)

device = torch.device('cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu')
model = AttentionUNet(in_channels=3, out_channels=1, init_features=32).to(device)

criterion = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss()
optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=1e-3)

for epoch in range(10):
  model.train()
  train_loss = 0
  
  for i, data in enumerate(train_loader):
    inputs, labels = data['input'].to(device), data['label'].to(device)
    
    optimizer.zero_grad()
    outputs = model(inputs)
    loss = criterion(outputs, labels)
    loss.backward()
    optimizer.step()
    
    train_loss += loss.item()
  
  train_loss /= len(train_loader)
  
  model.eval()
  val_loss = 0
  
  with torch.no_grad():
    for i, data in enumerate(val_loader):
      inputs, labels = data['input'].to(device), data['label'].to(device)
      
      outputs = model(inputs)
      loss = criterion(outputs, labels)
      
      val_loss += loss.item()
      
  val_loss /= len(val_loader)
  
  print(f'Epoch {epoch + 1}, Training Loss: {train_loss:.4f}, Validation Loss: {val_loss:.4f}')

三、AttentionUNet参数量

AttentionUNet相对于传统的U-Net模型来说有更多的参数，但是这些参数是经过仔细设计的，能够帮助网络更好地学习长期依赖关系。此外，注意力机制还可以降低网络的计算复杂度，使得AttentionUNet在医学图像分割方面的实际表现要更加出色。

AttentionUNet网络的总参数量随着模型深度的增加而逐渐增加，但是相比于其他一些现有的医学图像分割方法，AttentionUNet的参数量并不是非常大，训练也可以在合理的时间内完成。

下面是获取AttentionUNet模型的总参数量的代码：

from torchsummary import summary

model = AttentionUNet(in_channels=3, out_channels=1, init_features=32)
device = torch.device('cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu')
model.to(device)

summary(model, (3, 256, 256))

四、AttentionUNet中的注意力选取

AttentionUNet中的注意力选取是通过一系列的卷积操作来实现的，这个过程被称为自注意力机制。自注意力机制可以帮助网络专注于有用的特征，从而加速模型的学习过程。在AttentionUNet中，自注意力机制被应用于每个注意力块中，以选择最有用的特征并将其提供给下一层。

下面是在AttentionBlock中实现注意力选取的代码：

class AttentionBlock(nn.Module):
  def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels):
    super(AttentionBlock, self).__init__()
    self.conv = nn.Conv2d(in_channels, out_channels, 1)
    self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels)
    
    self.theta = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels // 8, 1)
    self.phi = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels // 8, 1)
    self.g = nn.Conv2d(out_channels, out_channels // 2, 1)
    
    self.W = nn.Conv2d(out_channels // 2, out_channels, 1)
    
  def forward(self, x):
    h = F.relu(self.bn(self.conv(x)))
    
    theta = self.theta(h)
    phi = F.max_pool2d(self.phi(h), [2, 2])
    g = F.max_pool2d(self.g(h), [2, 2])
    
    theta = theta.view(-1, theta.size(1), theta.size(2) * theta.size(3))
    theta = theta.permute(0, 2, 1)
    phi = phi.view(-1, phi.size(1), phi.size(2) * phi.size(3))
    f = torch.matmul(theta, phi)
    f = F.softmax(f, dim=-1)
    
    g = g.view(-1, g.size(1), g.size(2) * g.size(3))
    out = torch.matmul(f, g)
    out = out.permute(0, 2, 1).contiguous()
    out = out.view(-1, self.W.size(1), h.size(2), h.size(3))
    out = self.W(out)
    
    return out + h

通过上面的代码，我们可以很清楚地看到注意力选取是如何在AttentionBlock中实现的，具体来说，它通过三个卷积函数来计算每个像素点的注意力权重。这些函数在网络中不断交替使用，以将有价值的信息提供给下一层，从而更好地分割医学图像。