arXiv:2411.01575eess.IVcs.CV2024-11被引 4

用高频信息提升CBCT转CT质量,2分钟内完成高精度合成。

HC$^3$L-Diff: Hybrid conditional latent diffusion with high frequency enhancement for CBCT-to-CT synthesis

  • 融合CBCT高频特征作为条件,增强生成图像结构细节
  • 生成速度超2分钟/例,剂量计算伽马通过率达93.8%(2%/2mm)
  • 适合需要快速高精度sCT的放疗临床场景

锥形束计算机断层扫描(CBCT)在图像引导放疗中至关重要,但伪影和噪声使其难以用于精确剂量计算。人工智能方法虽有潜力提升CBCT质量以生成合成CT(sCT),但现有方法或质量不足,或耗时过长,无法满足临床需求。本文提出一种新型混合条件潜在扩散模型HC$^3$L-Diff,用于高效准确的CBCT-to-CT合成。采用统一特征编码器(UFE)将图像压缩至低维潜在空间,提升计算效率;创新性地引入CBCT的高频知识作为混合条件,通过设计的高频提取器(HFE)捕获,指导扩散模型生成保留结构细节的sCT。推理阶段采用去噪扩散隐式模型加速采样。构建了包含配对CBCT与CT的自有前列腺数据集进行验证。实验结果表明,本方法在sCT质量与生成效率上均优于当前最优方法。医学物理师进行剂量评估显示,在2%/2mm标准下伽马通过率高达93.8%,显著优于其他方法。结论:所提方法可在2分钟内高效完成高质量CBCT-to-CT合成,其在剂量计算中的优异表现展现了在自适应放疗中的实际应用潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Background: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) plays a crucial role in image-guided radiotherapy, but artifacts and noise make them unsuitable for accurate dose calculation. Artificial intelligence methods have shown promise in enhancing CBCT quality to produce synthetic CT (sCT) images. However, existing methods either produce images of suboptimal quality or incur excessive time costs, failing to satisfy clinical practice standards. Methods and materials: We propose a novel hybrid conditional latent diffusion model for efficient and accurate CBCT-to-CT synthesis, named HC$^3$L-Diff. We employ the Unified Feature Encoder (UFE) to compress images into a low-dimensional latent space, thereby optimizing computational efficiency. Beyond the use of CBCT images, we propose integrating its high-frequency knowledge as a hybrid condition to guide the diffusion model in generating sCT images with preserved structural details. This high-frequency information is captured using our designed High-Frequency Extractor (HFE). During inference, we utilize denoising diffusion implicit model to facilitate rapid sampling. We construct a new in-house prostate dataset with paired CBCT and CT to validate the effectiveness of our method. Result: Extensive experimental results demonstrate that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of sCT quality and generation efficiency. Moreover, our medical physicist conducts the dosimetric evaluations to validate the benefit of our method in practical dose calculation, achieving a remarkable 93.8% gamma passing rate with a 2%/2mm criterion, superior to other methods. Conclusion: The proposed HC$^3$L-Diff can efficiently achieve high-quality CBCT-to-CT synthesis in only over 2 mins per patient. Its promising performance in dose calculation shows great potential for enhancing real-world adaptive radiotherapy.

CBCT转CT扩散模型放疗高频增强

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