arXiv:2508.07788eess.IVcs.CV2025-08被引 2

用视觉模型语义信息提升低剂量CT去噪,更保真解剖结构。

Anatomy-Aware Low-Dose CT Denoising via Pretrained Vision Models and Semantic-Guided Contrastive Learning

  • 融合预训练模型语义特征与对比学习,实现组织特异性去噪。
  • 在两个数据集上达到当前最优,显著减少过度平滑问题。
  • 适合需要精准解剖结构保持的医学影像处理场景。

为降低辐射暴露并提高低剂量计算机断层扫描(LDCT)的诊断效果,已有大量基于深度学习的去噪方法被提出以缓解噪声和伪影。然而,多数方法忽视了人体组织的解剖语义,可能导致去噪效果不佳。为此,我们提出ALDEN,一种结合预训练视觉模型(PVMs)语义特征与对抗性及对比学习的解剖感知去噪方法。具体地,引入解剖感知判别器,通过交叉注意力机制动态融合参考正常剂量CT(NDCT)的分层语义特征,实现判别器中的组织特异性真实感评估。此外,提出语义引导的对比学习模块,通过对比LDCT、去噪后CT与NDCT的PVM特征,利用正样本保留组织特异性模式,通过双重负样本抑制伪影。在两个LDCT去噪数据集上的大量实验表明,ALDEN达到当前最优性能,显著改善解剖结构保真度并大幅减少先前方法的过度平滑问题。在包含117个解剖结构的下游多器官分割任务中进一步验证了模型维持解剖感知的能力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

To reduce radiation exposure and improve the diagnostic efficacy of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), numerous deep learning-based denoising methods have been developed to mitigate noise and artifacts. However, most of these approaches ignore the anatomical semantics of human tissues, which may potentially result in suboptimal denoising outcomes. To address this problem, we propose ALDEN, an anatomy-aware LDCT denoising method that integrates semantic features of pretrained vision models (PVMs) with adversarial and contrastive learning. Specifically, we introduce an anatomy-aware discriminator that dynamically fuses hierarchical semantic features from reference normal-dose CT (NDCT) via cross-attention mechanisms, enabling tissue-specific realism evaluation in the discriminator. In addition, we propose a semantic-guided contrastive learning module that enforces anatomical consistency by contrasting PVM-derived features from LDCT, denoised CT and NDCT, preserving tissue-specific patterns through positive pairs and suppressing artifacts via dual negative pairs. Extensive experiments conducted on two LDCT denoising datasets reveal that ALDEN achieves the state-of-the-art performance, offering superior anatomy preservation and substantially reducing over-smoothing issue of previous work. Further validation on a downstream multi-organ segmentation task (encompassing 117 anatomical structures) affirms the model's ability to maintain anatomical awareness.

医学图像去噪解剖感知对比学习

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