Multi-scale Knowledge Transfer Vision Transformer for 3D vessel shape segmentation

Michael J. Hua, Junjie Wu, Zichun Zhong

Abstract: Highlights•A novel knowledge transfer transformer for segmenting fine-scale 3D vasculature.•A unique vision transformer integrating both local convolutions and global encodings.•A U-shape multi-scale processing through the hierarchical convolutional transformer.•Knowledge transfer through transformers to explore the resolution inter-dependencies.