用多序列MRI生成高精度多示踪脑PET,减少辐射与成本
RelA-Diffusion: Relativistic Adversarial Diffusion for Multi-Tracer PET Synthesis from Multi-Sequence MRI
- 结合T1和T2-FLAIR MRI,增强解剖与病理细节捕捉
- 引入梯度惩罚的相对对抗损失,提升生成图像真实度
- 适合神经影像研究者,尤其关注降低扫描成本的场景
多示踪正电子发射断层扫描(PET)对揭示脑内τ蛋白沉积、神经炎症及β-淀粉样蛋白积累等病理过程至关重要,是全面神经评估不可或缺的手段。然而,常规多示踪PET受限于高昂成本、辐射暴露及示踪剂供应不足。近期研究尝试利用深度学习从结构磁共振成像(MRI)合成PET图像。部分方法仅依赖T1加权MRI,另一些则引入T2-FLAIR序列以提升病理敏感性。但现有方法常难以保留精细解剖与病理细节,导致伪影和不真实输出。为此,本文提出RelA-Diffusion:一种基于多序列MRI的相对对抗扩散框架,用于多示踪PET合成。通过融合T1和T2-FLAIR扫描作为互补输入,模型捕获更丰富的结构信息以引导生成。为提升合成保真度,我们在扩散模型中间清洁预测中引入梯度惩罚的相对对抗损失,该损失以相对方式比较真实与生成图像,促进更真实局部结构的生成。相对形式与梯度惩罚共同稳定训练,且在每一步扩散过程中提供对抗反馈,实现持续优化。在两个数据集上的大量实验表明,RelA-Diffusion在视觉质量与定量指标上均优于现有方法,展现出高精度合成多示踪PET的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Multi-tracer positron emission tomography (PET) provides critical insights into diverse neuropathological processes such as tau accumulation, neuroinflammation, and $β$-amyloid deposition in the brain, making it indispensable for comprehensive neurological assessment. However, routine acquisition of multi-tracer PET is limited by high costs, radiation exposure, and restricted tracer availability. Recent efforts have explored deep learning approaches for synthesizing PET images from structural MRI. While some methods rely solely on T1-weighted MRI, others incorporate additional sequences such as T2-FLAIR to improve pathological sensitivity. However, existing methods often struggle to capture fine-grained anatomical and pathological details, resulting in artifacts and unrealistic outputs. To this end, we propose RelA-Diffusion, a Relativistic Adversarial Diffusion framework for multi-tracer PET synthesis from multi-sequence MRI. By leveraging both T1-weighted and T2-FLAIR scans as complementary inputs, RelA-Diffusion captures richer structural information to guide image generation. To improve synthesis fidelity, we introduce a gradient-penalized relativistic adversarial loss to the intermediate clean predictions of the diffusion model. This loss compares real and generated images in a relative manner, encouraging the synthesis of more realistic local structures. Both the relativistic formulation and the gradient penalty contribute to stabilizing the training, while adversarial feedback at each diffusion timestep enables consistent refinement throughout the generation process. Extensive experiments on two datasets demonstrate that RelA-Diffusion outperforms existing methods in both visual fidelity and quantitative metrics, highlighting its potential for accurate synthesis of multi-tracer PET.
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