MV-UNet: MambaVision U-Net for Breast Cancer Ultrasound Image Segmentation

To address the problems of blurred lesion boundaries, noise interference, and the lack of lightweight design in segmentation models for breast ultrasound images, this paper proposes a lightweight, high-real-time segmentation model, MV-UNet, based on Mamba architecture. The model employs an improved MambaVision encoder paired with a UNetMamba decoder. This architecture, augmented by a Local Supervision Module (LSM) during training, effectively integrates global context with local details while maintaining linear computational complexity, thereby enhancing boundary delineation capability. The experimental results on the BUSIWHU dataset show that the MV-UNet achieves 90. 51% in mIoU, 90. 85% in Recall, and 4. 59 pixels in ASSD, surpassing most of the existing advanced models in multiple metrics. At the same time, the number of parameters is only 14. 7% of the EMGANet, and the inference speed is increased by 3. 2 times. Furthermore, an independent benchmark test on the BUSI dataset demonstrates the model’s practical efficiency, achieving an ASSD of 14. 94 pixels while maintaining its clear advantages in model lightness and inference speed. In summary, the excellent balance between segmentation accuracy and model efficiency achieved by MV-UNet provides a novel and effective approach for breast ultrasound image segmentation.