Significant reduction in manual annotation costs in ultrasound medical image database construction through step by step artificial intelligence pre-annotation

Fu Zheng; Liu XingMing; Xu JuYing; Tao MengYing; Yang BaoJian; Shan Yan; Ye KeWei; Lu ZhiKai; Huang Cheng; Qi KeLan; Chen XiHao; Du WenFei; He Ping; Wang RunYu; Ying Ying; Bu XiaoHui

doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000738

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Significant reduction in manual annotation costs in ultrasound medical image database construction through step by step artificial intelligence pre-annotation

Fu Zheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fu Zheng, Liu XingMing

Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: sss999001@126.com

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-2749

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Liu XingMing ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fu Zheng, Liu XingMing

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Xu JuYing,

Roles Validation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Tao MengYing,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Yang BaoJian,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Shan Yan,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Ye KeWei,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Lu ZhiKai,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Huang Cheng,

Roles Validation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Qi KeLan,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Chen XiHao,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Du WenFei,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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He Ping,

Roles Software

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, The 906th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Wang RunYu,

Roles Software

Affiliation State Power Investment Corporation, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Ying Ying,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Third Rehabilitation Zone, Hangzhou Rehabilitation Center for Special Duty Service Men of the PLA Air Force, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Bu XiaoHui

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Ultrasound Diagnosis Department, Hangzhou Special Service Sanatorium of the PLA Air Force, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
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Significant reduction in manual annotation costs in ultrasound medical image database construction through step by step artificial intelligence pre-annotation

Fu Zheng,
Liu XingMing,
Xu JuYing,
Tao MengYing,
Yang BaoJian,
Shan Yan,
Ye KeWei,
Lu ZhiKai,
Huang Cheng,
Qi KeLan

Published: June 30, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000738

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