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In this work we propose an infrared-based transformer network named INTRANET for IR image segmentation. This novel model leverages the strength of the transformer encoders to segment infrared colon images effectively. Incorporating the skip-connection and transformer encoders, INTRANET overcomes the issue of pure convolution models, such as the difficulty of capturing long-range dependencies. We train several encoder-decoder models on a colon dataset of IR images to evaluate the existing convolution models and our proposed method. Our model achieves an AUC score of 0.9872, using 17 spectral bands for the segmentation task. Experimental results demonstrate that INTRANET significantly improves over the pure convolution models, especially when the input IR band number is limited."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Intranet: infrared-based transformers for 2D medical image segmentation"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Kindratenko, Volodymyr"],"dc:creator":["Lin, Hangzheng"],"dc:date":["2023-05","2023-05-01"],"dc:description":["Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. 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In this work we propose an infrared-based transformer network named INTRANET for IR image segmentation. This novel model leverages the strength of the transformer encoders to segment infrared colon images effectively. Incorporating the skip-connection and transformer encoders, INTRANET overcomes the issue of pure convolution models, such as the difficulty of capturing long-range dependencies. We train several encoder-decoder models on a colon dataset of IR images to evaluate the existing convolution models and our proposed method. Our model achieves an AUC score of 0.9872, using 17 spectral bands for the segmentation task. 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