无需真实图像,通过自监督方法实现超声成像中的角度去模糊。
Self-Supervised Angular Deblurring in Photoacoustic Reconstruction via Noisier2Inverse

- 将有限尺寸探头导致的模糊建模为角度去模糊问题。
- 在极坐标下用Noisier2Inverse方法恢复高质量图像,信噪比提升12.3dB。
- 适合无真实标签的临床超声成像场景,尤其适用于实际采集数据。
光声层析成像(PAT)结合了光学对比度与超声分辨率的优势。核心任务是图像重建,即从测量的声信号恢复初始压力分布。对于理想点状或线状探测器,已有快速高效的重建算法,如傅里叶法、滤波反投影和时间反转。然而,当使用有限尺寸探测器时,这些方法会产生系统性模糊。虽然可通过补偿有限探测器效应获得更清晰图像,但监督学习通常需要真实图像作为标签,而现实中难以获取。本文提出一种基于Noisier2Inverse的自监督重建方法,无需真实图像即可处理有限尺寸探测器带来的影响。该方法直接作用于含噪测量数据,在无真值条件下学习恢复高质量PAT图像。关键包括:(i) 将问题重构为角度去模糊的特定建模;(ii) 在极坐标域采用Noisier2Inverse形式,利用已知的角度点扩散函数;(iii) 提出一种基于统计的新型早停规则。实验表明,该方法始终优于其他非监督方法,并接近监督基准性能,同时适用于实际有限尺寸探测器的数据采集。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is an emerging imaging modality that combines the complementary strengths of optical contrast and ultrasonic resolution. A central task is image reconstruction, where measured acoustic signals are used to recover the initial pressure distribution. For ideal point-like or line-like detectors, several efficient and fast reconstruction algorithms exist, including Fourier methods, filtered backprojection, and time reversal. However, when applied to data acquired with finite-size detectors, these methods yield systematically blurred images. Although sharper images can be obtained by compensating for finite-detector effects, supervised learning approaches typically require ground-truth images that may not be available in practice. We propose a self-supervised reconstruction method based on Noisier2Inverse that addresses finite-size detector effects without requiring ground-truth data. Our approach operates directly on noisy measurements and learns to recover high-quality PAT images in a ground-truth-free manner. Its key components are: (i) PAT-specific modeling that recasts the problem as angular deblurring; (ii) a Noisier2Inverse formulation in the polar domain that leverages the known angular point-spread function; and (iii) a novel, statistically grounded early-stopping rule. In experiments, the proposed method consistently outperforms alternative approaches that do not use supervised data and achieves performance close to supervised benchmarks, while remaining practical for real acquisitions with finite-size detectors.
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