用人口统计信息生成高保真全身PET/CT,替代传统模拟体模。
Cascaded 3D Diffusion Models for Whole-body 3D 18-F FDG PET/CT synthesis from Demographics
- 分两阶段生成:先低分辨率建模,再超分辨率细化。
- 器官体积和代谢值偏差多数在3%-5%内,接近真实数据。
- 适合临床研究、虚拟试验与AI数据增强场景。
我们提出一种级联3D扩散模型框架,仅基于人口统计变量直接合成高质量3D PET/CT影像,以满足肿瘤影像学中对真实数字孪生、虚拟试验及AI数据增强的日益增长需求。与依赖预设解剖和代谢模板的确定性体模不同,本方法采用两阶段生成流程:首先由基于得分的扩散模型从人口统计变量生成低分辨率PET/CT,提供全局解剖结构与近似代谢活性;随后通过超分辨率残差扩散模型提升空间分辨率。该框架在AutoPET数据集的18-F FDG PET/CT扫描上训练,并基于器官体积与标准化摄取值(SUV)分布,在不同人口统计子组间对比合成与真实数据。器官层面比较显示合成与真实图像高度一致,尤其在子组分析中,多数代谢摄取值偏差保持在3%-5%以内。结果表明,级联3D扩散模型可生成解剖与代谢均准确的PET/CT影像,为传统体模提供可靠替代方案,支持可扩展、人群驱动的合成成像应用。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We propose a cascaded 3D diffusion model framework to synthesize high-fidelity 3D PET/CT volumes directly from demographic variables, addressing the growing need for realistic digital twins in oncologic imaging, virtual trials, and AI-driven data augmentation. Unlike deterministic phantoms, which rely on predefined anatomical and metabolic templates, our method employs a two-stage generative process. An initial score-based diffusion model synthesizes low-resolution PET/CT volumes from demographic variables alone, providing global anatomical structures and approximate metabolic activity. This is followed by a super-resolution residual diffusion model that refines spatial resolution. Our framework was trained on 18-F FDG PET/CT scans from the AutoPET dataset and evaluated using organ-wise volume and standardized uptake value (SUV) distributions, comparing synthetic and real data between demographic subgroups. The organ-wise comparison demonstrated strong concordance between synthetic and real images. In particular, most deviations in metabolic uptake values remained within 3-5% of the ground truth in subgroup analysis. These findings highlight the potential of cascaded 3D diffusion models to generate anatomically and metabolically accurate PET/CT images, offering a robust alternative to traditional phantoms and enabling scalable, population-informed synthetic imaging for clinical and research applications.
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