Developing ML models with AI Platform for image segmentation on CT scans requires a lot of

computation and experimentation, as image segmentation is a complex and challenging task that

involves assigning a label to each pixel in an image. Image segmentation can be used for various

medical applications, such as tumor detection, organ segmentation, or lesion localization1

To minimize the computation costs and manual intervention while having version control for the

code, one should use Cloud Build linked with Cloud Source Repositories to trigger retraining when

new code is pushed to the repository. Cloud Build is a service that executes your builds on Google

Cloud Platform infrastructure. Cloud Build can import source code from Cloud Source Repositories,

Cloud Storage, GitHub, or Bitbucket, execute a build to your specifications, and produce artifacts

such as Docker containers or Java archives2

Cloud Build allows you to set up automated triggers that start a build when changes are pushed to a

source code repository. You can configure triggers to filter the changes based on the branch, tag, or

file path3

Cloud Source Repositories is a service that provides fully managed private Git repositories on Google

Cloud Platform. Cloud Source Repositories allows you to store, manage, and track your code using

the Git version control system. You can also use Cloud Source Repositories to connect to other

Google Cloud services, such as Cloud Build, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run4

To use Cloud Build linked with Cloud Source Repositories to trigger retraining when new code is

pushed to the repository, you need to do the following steps:

Create a Cloud Source Repository for your code, and push your code to the repository. You can use

the Cloud SDK, Cloud Console, or Cloud Source Repositories API to create and manage your

repository5

Create a Cloud Build trigger for your repository, and specify the build configuration and the trigger

settings. You can use the Cloud SDK, Cloud Console, or Cloud Build API to create and manage your

trigger.

Specify the steps of the build in a YAML or JSON file, such as installing the dependencies, running the

tests, building the container image, and submitting the training job to AI Platform. You can also use

the Cloud Build predefined or custom build steps to simplify your build configuration.

Push your new code to the repository, and the trigger will start the build automatically. You can

monitor the status and logs of the build using the Cloud SDK, Cloud Console, or Cloud Build API.

The other options are not as easy or feasible. Using Cloud Functions to identify changes to your code

in Cloud Storage and trigger a retraining job is not ideal, as Cloud Functions has limitations on the

memory, CPU, and execution time, and does not provide a user interface for managing and tracking

your builds. Using the gcloud command-line tool to submit training jobs on AI Platform when you

update your code is not optimal, as it requires manual intervention and does not leverage the

benefits of Cloud Build and its integration with Cloud Source Repositories. Creating an automated

workflow in Cloud Composer that runs daily and looks for changes in code in Cloud Storage using a

sensor is not relevant, as Cloud Composer is mainly designed for orchestrating complex workflows

across multiple systems, and does not provide a version control system for your code.

Reference: 1: Image segmentation 2: Cloud Build overview 3: Creating and managing build

triggers 4: Cloud Source Repositories overview 5: Quickstart: Create a repository : [Quickstart: Create

a build trigger] : [Configuring builds] : [Viewing build results]