用真实低剂量肺部CT数据训练去噪模型,提升临床可用性
A Denoising Framework for Real-World Ultra-Low-Dose Lung CT Images Based on an Image Purification Strategy
- 基于真实患者扫描构建超低剂量配对数据集
- 提出频率域流匹配模型,在2%剂量下重建高质量图像
- 解决呼吸运动导致的图像错位问题,适合医疗影像研究者
计算机断层扫描(CT)是临床重要诊断工具,但电离辐射风险不可忽视。低剂量CT(LDCT)虽能降低辐射暴露,却显著影响图像质量。现有基于AI的图像增强方法多依赖合成低剂量数据训练,存在领域偏移问题,难以在真实场景中应用。为此,我们通过志愿者多次扫描构建了真实世界配对肺部数据集Patient-uLDCT,其低剂量图像仅相当于常规剂量的2%,远低于传统的25%低剂量和10%超低剂量水平。针对采集过程中因呼吸运动造成的正常剂量与uLDCT图像解剖错位问题,提出一种新型图像净化策略以生成对应配对图像。最后,设计频率域流匹配模型(FFM),实现优异的图像重建性能。代码已公开于https://github.com/MonkeyDadLufy/flow-matching。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Computed Tomography (CT) is a vital diagnostic tool in clinical practice, yet the health risks associated with ionizing radiation cannot be overlooked. Low-dose CT (LDCT) helps mitigate radiation exposure but simultaneously leads to reduced image quality. Consequently, researchers have sought to reconstruct clear images from LDCT scans using artificial intelligence-based image enhancement techniques. However, these studies typically rely on synthetic LDCT images for algorithm training, which introduces significant domain-shift issues and limits the practical effectiveness of these algorithms in real-world scenarios. To address this challenge, we constructed a real-world paired lung dataset, referred to as Patient-uLDCT (ultra-low-dose CT), by performing multiple scans on volunteers. The radiation dose for the low-dose images in this dataset is only 2% of the normal dose, substantially lower than the conventional 25% low-dose and 10% ultra-low-dose levels. Furthermore, to resolve the anatomical misalignment between normal-dose and uLDCT images caused by respiratory motion during acquisition, we propose a novel purification strategy to construct corresponding aligned image pairs. Finally, we introduce a Frequency-domain Flow Matching model (FFM) that achieves excellent image reconstruction performance. Code is available at https://github.com/MonkeyDadLufy/flow-matching.
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