用AI从普通乳腺钼靶生成增强影像,无需注射造影剂。
Lesion-Aware Generative Artificial Intelligence for Virtual Contrast-Enhanced Mammography in Breast Cancer
- 引入病灶分割图引导生成,提升病变区域重建精度
- 在UCBM数据集上PSNR和SSIM均优于基线模型
- 适合希望减少辐射与造影剂风险的乳腺癌筛查场景
对比增强光谱乳腺摄影(CESM)是一种双能乳腺成像技术,通过注射碘造影剂提高病灶可见性。其获取低能图像(类似常规钼靶)与高能图像,并合成双能减影图像以突出病灶强化。尽管诊断准确率高于常规钼靶,但存在较高辐射暴露及造影剂相关副作用。为解决此问题,我们提出Seg-CycleGAN,一种用于虚拟对比增强的生成式深度学习框架。该模型仅从低能图像生成高质量双能减影图像,利用病灶分割图引导生成过程,提升病灶重建效果。在标准CycleGAN基础上引入聚焦病灶区域的局部损失项,增强诊断相关区域的合成质量。在CESM@UCBM数据集上的实验表明,Seg-CycleGAN在PSNR与SSIM指标上优于基线,同时保持相近的MSE与VIF。定性评估也证实生成图像中病灶保真度显著提升。结果表明,基于分割感知的生成模型可为无造影剂CESM提供可行路径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Contrast-Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) is a dual-energy mammographic technique that improves lesion visibility through the administration of an iodinated contrast agent. It acquires both a low-energy image, comparable to standard mammography, and a high-energy image, which are then combined to produce a dual-energy subtracted image highlighting lesion contrast enhancement. While CESM offers superior diagnostic accuracy compared to standard mammography, its use entails higher radiation exposure and potential side effects associated with the contrast medium. To address these limitations, we propose Seg-CycleGAN, a generative deep learning framework for Virtual Contrast Enhancement in CESM. The model synthesizes high-fidelity dual-energy subtracted images from low-energy images, leveraging lesion segmentation maps to guide the generative process and improve lesion reconstruction. Building upon the standard CycleGAN architecture, Seg-CycleGAN introduces localized loss terms focused on lesion areas, enhancing the synthesis of diagnostically relevant regions. Experiments on the CESM@UCBM dataset demonstrate that Seg-CycleGAN outperforms the baseline in terms of PSNR and SSIM, while maintaining competitive MSE and VIF. Qualitative evaluations further confirm improved lesion fidelity in the generated images. These results suggest that segmentation-aware generative models offer a viable pathway toward contrast-free CESM alternatives.
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