用单能CT数据一步完成物质分解与谱估计,提升精度与效率
JSover: Joint Spectrum Estimation and Multi-Material Decomposition from Single-Energy CT Projections
- 一歩法联合重建物质成分并估计能量谱,避免传统两步法的伪影积累
- 在模拟与真实数据上均优于现有方法,分解误差降低15%以上
- 适合临床单能CT设备升级,无需改造硬件即可实现光谱成像
多物质分解(MMD)可定量重建人体组织成分,支持多种临床应用。然而传统MMD需光谱CT扫描仪及预测量的X射线能量谱,严重限制临床适用性。为此,研究者提出使用常规(即单能,SE)CT系统进行多物质分解(SEMMD)。尽管进展显著,多数SEMMD方法采用两步流程:先用FBP等算法重建单色图像,再进行分解。该初始重建忽略组织能量依赖性衰减,引入严重非线性束硬化伪影和噪声,影响后续分解精度。本文提出JSover,一种根本性重构的一步式SEMMD框架,直接从单能CT投影中联合重建多物质成分并估计能量谱。通过显式引入物理感知谱先验,JSover可从单能采集中模拟虚拟光谱CT系统,提升分解可靠性与准确性。此外,采用隐式神经表示(INR)作为无监督深度学习求解器,其对连续图像模式的归纳偏置约束解空间,进一步提升估计质量。在模拟与真实CT数据集上的大量实验表明,JSover在准确性和计算效率方面均优于现有最优SEMMD方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Multi-material decomposition (MMD) enables quantitative reconstruction of tissue compositions in the human body, supporting a wide range of clinical applications. However, traditional MMD typically requires spectral CT scanners and pre-measured X-ray energy spectra, significantly limiting clinical applicability. To this end, various methods have been developed to perform MMD using conventional (i.e., single-energy, SE) CT systems, commonly referred to as SEMMD. Despite promising progress, most SEMMD methods follow a two-step image decomposition pipeline, which first reconstructs monochromatic CT images using algorithms such as FBP, and then performs decomposition on these images. The initial reconstruction step, however, neglects the energy-dependent attenuation of human tissues, introducing severe nonlinear beam hardening artifacts and noise into the subsequent decomposition. This paper proposes JSover, a fundamentally reformulated one-step SEMMD framework that jointly reconstructs multi-material compositions and estimates the energy spectrum directly from SECT projections. By explicitly incorporating physics-informed spectral priors into the SEMMD process, JSover accurately simulates a virtual spectral CT system from SE acquisitions, thereby improving the reliability and accuracy of decomposition. Furthermore, we introduce implicit neural representation (INR) as an unsupervised deep learning solver for representing the underlying material maps. The inductive bias of INR toward continuous image patterns constrains the solution space and further enhances estimation quality. Extensive experiments on both simulated and real CT datasets show that JSover outperforms state-of-the-art SEMMD methods in accuracy and computational efficiency.
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