arXiv:2605.08282eess.IVcs.AI2026-05

用配对数据提升便携超声画质,让基层诊断更准。

A Paired Point-of-Care Ultrasound Dataset for Image Quality Enhancement and Benchmarking via a cGAN Baseline

论文配图:A Paired Point-of-Care Ultrasound Dataset for Image Quality Enhancement and Benchmarking via a cGAN Baseline
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  • 构建了首个低/高阶超声图像精准配对数据集
  • 画质提升后SSIM达0.54,PSNR达22.41dB
  • 适合医疗AI研究者与资源匮乏地区临床应用

目的:利用深度学习和新型配对数据集,提升便携式超声(POCUS)的图像质量。方法:通过自研自动化机械臂系统采集低阶POCUS与高阶超声图像的首组精准配对数据。基于pix2pix架构的条件生成对抗网络(cGAN)采用U-Net生成器,并融合L1损失与结构相似性指数(SSIM)损失以增强感知质量;在仿真数据集上预训练进一步提升性能。评估在1064组体外组织与模型图像对上进行。结果:SSIM从0.29提升至0.54,PSNR从19.16 dB提升至22.41 dB。无参考指标也显示显著改善,自然图像质量评价(NIQE)从7.95降至4.44,感知图像质量评价(PIQE)从31.12降至19.99。结论:本工作首次公开可获取的低阶至高阶超声图像精准配对数据集,证明所提框架能克服手持式POCUS硬件限制,提升其在低资源及即时诊疗场景中的诊断价值。POCUS-IQ数据集已开源:https://github.com/NKI-MedTech-AI/POCUS-IQ。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Purpose: We aim to enhance the image quality of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) devices using deep learning and a novel paired dataset of POCUS and high-end ultrasound images. Approach: We collected the first accurately paired dataset using a custom-built automated gantry system of low-end POCUS and high-end ultrasound images. A conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) was utilized based on the pix2pix architecture, with a U-Net generator that incorporates both L1 and structural similarity index (SSIM) losses to improve perceptual quality. Pretraining on a simulation dataset further boosts performance. Evaluation was performed on 1064 paired ex vivo tissue and phantom ultrasound image sets. Results: Our approach improves the SSIM from 0.29 to 0.54 and PSNR from 19.16 dB to 22.41 dB. No-reference metrics also indicate substantial enhancement, with the Natural Image Quality Evaluator (NIQE) and Perception-based Image Quality Evaluator (PIQE) scores dropping from 7.95 to 4.44 and 31.12 to 19.99, respectively. Conclusions: This work presents the first publicly available accurately paired dataset of low-end POCUS to high end ultrasound images. Additionally, our results demonstrate the potential of the proposed framework to overcome hardware limitations of handheld POCUS, enhancing its diagnostic value in low-resource and point-of-care settings. The POCUS-IQ Dataset is publicly available at https://github.com/NKI-MedTech-AI/POCUS-IQ.

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