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arxiv: 2509.16806 · v4 · submitted 2025-09-20 · 💻 cs.CV

MedGS: Gaussian Splatting for Multi-Modal 3D Medical Imaging

Kacper Marzol , Ignacy Kolton , Weronika Smolak-Dy\.zewska , Joanna Kaleta , \.Zaneta \'Swiderska-Chadaj , Marcin Mazur , Miros{\l}aw Dziekiewicz , Tomasz Markiewicz
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MedGS separates light effects from tissue properties to improve 3D reconstruction from endoscopic images.

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The paper presents MedGS as a framework for 3D reconstruction and novel-view synthesis in endoscopic medical imaging. It tackles the problems of artifacts from constrained camera trajectories and view-dependent lighting by separating light effects from the underlying tissue properties. The approach builds on 3D Gaussian Splatting by adding a physically based relightable model that uses a specialized MLP to handle complex light transport effects. This results in higher quality reconstructions and the ability to modify tissues while keeping light responses physically accurate.

Core claim

MedGS leverages the aligned light source and camera in endoscopy to separate light effects from tissue properties. It enhances 3D Gaussian Splatting with a physically based relightable model boosted by a specialized MLP that captures complex light-related effects, ensuring reduced artifacts and better generalization to novel views. The method achieves superior reconstruction quality on public and in-house datasets and enables tissue modifications with physically accurate light responses.

What carries the argument

physically based relightable model with specialized MLP for light effects in 3D Gaussian Splatting

If this is right

  • Superior reconstruction quality compared to baseline methods on public and in-house datasets.
  • Reduced artifacts and improved generalization across novel views.
  • Enables tissue modifications while preserving a physically accurate response to light.
  • Supports development of simulation tools from real endoscopic video data closer to clinical use.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • This approach could facilitate more realistic virtual simulations of endoscopic procedures.
  • Extending the relightable model might apply to other constrained-view imaging scenarios in medicine.
  • Real-time tissue interaction features could be developed based on this separation of lighting and material properties.

Load-bearing premise

The MLP can reliably capture complex light-related effects in a way that generalizes across novel views without overfitting or introducing artifacts under constrained camera trajectories in endoscopy.

What would settle it

A demonstration that tissue modifications lead to non-physical light responses or that novel views exhibit significant artifacts not present in the training data would falsify the effectiveness of the relightable model.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2509.16806 by Ignacy Kolton, Joanna Kaleta, Kacper Marzol, Marcin Mazur, Miros{\l}aw Dziekiewicz, Przemys{\l}aw Spurek, Tomasz Markiewicz, Weronika Smolak-Dy\.zewska, \.Zaneta \'Swiderska-Chadaj.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Overview of the MedGS. Input consists of 2D transverse medical images paired with corresponding 3D freehand poses which are [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Qualitative comparison of mesh reconstruction methods. Each subfigure highlights the preservation of topology, edge smooth [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Examples of structural edits performed with MedGS on a brain MRI. By directly modifying the Gaussian components, realistic [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Comparison between the reconstructed mesh from the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Qualitative results of mesh reconstruction on the prostate ultrasound dataset from the MICCAI 2023 MRI-to-US Registration for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Qualitative results of frame interpolation on a brain MRI [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Qualitative results of frame interpolation on an ankle [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_7.png] view at source ↗
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Endoluminal endoscopic procedures are essential for diagnosing colorectal cancer and other severe conditions in the digestive tract, urogenital system, and airways. 3D reconstruction and novel-view synthesis from endoscopic images are promising tools for enhancing diagnosis. Moreover, integrating physiological deformations and interaction with the endoscope enables the development of simulation tools from real video data. However, constrained camera trajectories and view-dependent lighting create artifacts, leading to inaccurate or overfitted reconstructions. We present MedGS, a novel 3D reconstruction framework leveraging the unique property of endoscopic imaging, where a single light source is closely aligned with the camera. Our method separates light effects from tissue properties. MedGS enhances 3D Gaussian Splatting with a physically based relightable model. We boost the traditional light transport formulation with a specialized MLP capturing complex light-related effects while ensuring reduced artifacts and better generalization across novel views. MedGS achieves superior reconstruction quality compared to baseline methods on both public and in-house datasets. Unlike existing approaches, MedGS enables tissue modifications while preserving a physically accurate response to light, making it closer to real-world clinical use. Repository: https://github.com/gmum/MedGS

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces MedGS, a 3D reconstruction framework extending Gaussian Splatting for endoscopic medical imaging. It separates light effects from tissue properties via a physically based relightable model augmented by a specialized MLP that captures residual complex light-related effects. The authors claim superior reconstruction quality versus baselines on public and in-house datasets, along with the ability to perform tissue modifications while preserving physically accurate light responses.

Significance. If the central claims are substantiated, MedGS could meaningfully advance simulation and diagnostic tools for endoluminal procedures by mitigating view-dependent lighting artifacts under constrained trajectories. The explicit separation of light transport from reflectance and the open repository are constructive elements that support potential clinical relevance in 3D medical imaging.

major comments (2)
  1. [Method] Method section (light-transport formulation and MLP): The specialized MLP is added to capture residual light effects, yet no architectural constraints, regularization terms, or loss components are described that would enforce disentanglement of view-independent tissue properties from view-dependent lighting. With the narrow, highly correlated camera paths typical of endoscopy, this leaves open the possibility that the MLP overfits training view-light pairs rather than learning generalizable residuals, directly affecting the tissue-modification and physical-accuracy claims.
  2. [Experiments] Experiments section: No quantitative metrics (e.g., PSNR, SSIM, LPIPS), ablation studies, or analysis of post-hoc design choices are reported to support the assertions of superior reconstruction quality and better generalization. Without these, the central empirical claims cannot be verified from the manuscript text.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The title references multi-modal imaging, but the body focuses exclusively on endoscopic data; a brief clarification of additional modalities or future extensions would improve clarity.
  2. [Figures] Figure captions and pipeline diagrams would benefit from more explicit labeling of the MLP's inputs/outputs and its integration with the Gaussian Splatting pipeline.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed feedback on our manuscript. We have prepared point-by-point responses to the major comments below, indicating where revisions will be made to address the concerns raised.

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  1. Referee: [Method] Method section (light-transport formulation and MLP): The specialized MLP is added to capture residual light effects, yet no architectural constraints, regularization terms, or loss components are described that would enforce disentanglement of view-independent tissue properties from view-dependent lighting. With the narrow, highly correlated camera paths typical of endoscopy, this leaves open the possibility that the MLP overfits training view-light pairs rather than learning generalizable residuals, directly affecting the tissue-modification and physical-accuracy claims.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee's observation regarding the need for explicit mechanisms to enforce disentanglement. The manuscript positions the physically based relightable model as the core component for separating light transport from tissue reflectance, with the MLP serving to model residual complex effects. We agree that the current description lacks sufficient detail on architectural choices, regularization, or auxiliary losses that would further promote generalization over overfitting on correlated endoscopic trajectories. In the revised manuscript, we will expand the method section to specify the MLP architecture, any regularization terms or loss components used, and additional analysis demonstrating that the residuals are generalizable. We will also strengthen the discussion of the tissue-editing results to better substantiate physical accuracy under novel lighting conditions. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Experiments] Experiments section: No quantitative metrics (e.g., PSNR, SSIM, LPIPS), ablation studies, or analysis of post-hoc design choices are reported to support the assertions of superior reconstruction quality and better generalization. Without these, the central empirical claims cannot be verified from the manuscript text.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the experiments section in the current manuscript relies primarily on qualitative visual comparisons and does not include the quantitative metrics or ablation studies mentioned. This limits the verifiability of the claims regarding superior reconstruction quality and generalization. We will revise the experiments section to incorporate standard quantitative metrics (PSNR, SSIM, LPIPS) evaluated on both public and in-house datasets. We will also add ablation studies on the relightable model and the specialized MLP, along with analysis of key design choices. These additions will provide the necessary empirical support for the central claims. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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MedGS derivation relies on independent modeling choices and empirical claims

full rationale

The paper's core contribution is an architectural extension to 3D Gaussian Splatting that explicitly separates light transport from tissue reflectance properties and augments the light-transport equation with a learned MLP for residual effects. This separation is presented as a deliberate modeling decision leveraging the co-located light-camera geometry of endoscopy, not as a definitional identity or a fitted parameter renamed as a prediction. No equations or claims in the provided text reduce the reported reconstruction quality or relightability results to tautological consequences of the inputs; the superiority assertions are framed as outcomes measured on public and in-house datasets. The absence of load-bearing self-citations or uniqueness theorems imported from prior author work further keeps the derivation self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The approach rests on the domain fact that endoscopic light is co-located with the camera and on the modeling choice to factor light transport through a learned MLP; no new physical entities are postulated.

free parameters (1)
  • MLP weights for light effects
    Parameters of the specialized MLP are optimized on endoscopic data to capture complex lighting.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Endoscopic scenes are dominated by a single light source closely aligned with the camera.
    This property is invoked to justify separating light effects from tissue reflectance.

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