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Steer the Sampling, Not the Kernel Grid: Geometry-Guided Sampling Operator for Volumetric Segmentation

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 26, 2026 · UTC

Accurate 3D segmentation is central to quantitative lesion assessment and anatomy mapping for clinical planning and follow-up. Thin, elongated, and fine anatomical/pathological structures (e.g., vessels) are a particularly challenging case: a one-voxel boundary error can disconnect a branch and change clinically relevant topology. In encoder-decoder networks (e.g., U-Net), repeated downsampling and fixed-grid convolution blur or alias fine structures and weaken orientation cues, so early mistakes propagate across scales. We propose a geometry-guided local operator that steers where features ar

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