无需真实图像,自监督实现超声图像去模糊去噪。
Blind Ultrasound Image Enhancement via Self-Supervised Physics-Guided Degradation Modeling
- 用物理模型模拟超声退化过程,自动生成训练数据。
- 在多个数据集上优于现有方法,强噪声下性能提升1-5dB。
- 适合超声图像增强、医学影像分析人员使用。
超声图像解读受乘性斑点噪声、点扩散函数(PSF)导致的成像模糊以及设备和操作者相关的伪影影响。监督增强方法通常依赖于干净目标或已知退化,但实际中难以满足。本文提出一种盲自监督增强框架,采用基于Swine卷积U-Net的模型,联合去卷积与去噪。从每帧图像中提取旋转/裁剪块,通过高斯PSF卷积和空间加性高斯噪声或傅里叶域相位/幅度扰动合成输入。对于超声图像,利用非局部低秩(NLLR)去噪获得类清洁目标;自然图像则直接使用原图。在UDIAT-B、JNU-IFM、XPIE Set-P及700张图像的PSFHS测试集上验证,该方法在不同高斯与斑点噪声水平下均取得最高PSNR/SSIM,强退化条件下优势更显著:相比MSANN、Restormer、DnCNN,在重高斯噪声下平均提升1–4 dB PSNR与0.05–0.15 SSIM,严重斑点噪声下提升2–5 dB PSNR与0.05–0.20 SSIM。控制实验显示半高全宽(FWHM)减小、峰值梯度更高,表明分辨率恢复且边缘未模糊。作为即插即用预处理器,显著提升胎儿头部与耻骨联合分割的Dice值。整体提供了一种假设少、泛化性强的鲁棒超声增强方案。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Ultrasound (US) interpretation is hampered by multiplicative speckle, acquisition blur from the point-spread function (PSF), and scanner- and operator-dependent artifacts. Supervised enhancement methods assume access to clean targets or known degradations; conditions rarely met in practice. We present a blind, self-supervised enhancement framework that jointly deconvolves and denoises B-mode images using a Swin Convolutional U-Net trained with a \emph{physics-guided} degradation model. From each training frame, we extract rotated/cropped patches and synthesize inputs by (i) convolving with a Gaussian PSF surrogate and (ii) injecting noise via either spatial additive Gaussian noise or complex Fourier-domain perturbations that emulate phase/magnitude distortions. For US scans, clean-like targets are obtained via non-local low-rank (NLLR) denoising, removing the need for ground truth; for natural images, the originals serve as targets. Trained and validated on UDIAT~B, JNU-IFM, and XPIE Set-P, and evaluated additionally on a 700-image PSFHS test set, the method achieves the highest PSNR/SSIM across Gaussian and speckle noise levels, with margins that widen under stronger corruption. Relative to MSANN, Restormer, and DnCNN, it typically preserves an extra $\sim$1--4\,dB PSNR and 0.05--0.15 SSIM in heavy Gaussian noise, and $\sim$2--5\,dB PSNR and 0.05--0.20 SSIM under severe speckle. Controlled PSF studies show reduced FWHM and higher peak gradients, evidence of resolution recovery without edge erosion. Used as a plug-and-play preprocessor, it consistently boosts Dice for fetal head and pubic symphysis segmentation. Overall, the approach offers a practical, assumption-light path to robust US enhancement that generalizes across datasets, scanners, and degradation types.
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