用残差驱动的漂移模型,实现高保真低剂量CT去噪且仅需15毫秒。
RDDM: A Residual-Driven Drifting Model for High-Fidelity Low-Dose CT Denoising

- 通过残差漂移场将多步分布演化融入训练,实现单步去噪。
- 在512×512图像上仅需约15毫秒,PSNR和SSIM优于现有方法,FID达5.87。
- 适合临床实时应用,兼顾细节保留与强噪声抑制,可灵活调整参数。
低剂量计算机断层扫描(LDCT)去噪在医学影像中仍是一个重要且具有挑战性的问题。尽管基于学习的方法表现良好,但使用传统像素级目标优化的模型常导致重建结果过度平滑。现有的主流生成模型如扩散模型虽提升了保真度,却因多步迭代推理代价高昂,难以用于实时场景。为此,本文提出残差驱动漂移模型(RDDM),实现高效、高保真且适用于实时应用的LDCT去噪。受近期漂移模型启发,RDDM通过残差漂移场将多步分布演化引入训练过程,从而支持单步去噪。该漂移场由LDCT与正常剂量CT(NDCT)之间的残差产生的吸引力,以及生成残差产生的排斥力共同构成。此外,通过调节参数并引入像素级监督,我们设计了三种变体,满足从细节保留到更强噪声抑制的不同需求。大量实验表明,RDDM在监督基线中达到最先进性能。尤其在保持真实解剖纹理的前提下,RDDM-Fine 重建结果与NDCT高度一致,实现了优越的PSNR和SSIM,并获得最佳的FID值5.87。同时,其推理速度极快,单张512×512的LDCT切片仅需约15毫秒即可完成去噪,为临床应用提供了高保真与实时性的理想解决方案。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Low-dose CT (LDCT) denoising remains an important yet challenging problem in medical imaging. Although recent learning-based methods have shown promising performance, those optimized using classical pixel-level objectives often produce over-smoothed reconstructions. Existing mainstream generative models, such as diffusion models, have improved fidelity at the cost of expensive multi-step iterative inference, which limits their practicality for real-time use. To address this gap, we propose a Residual-Driven Drifting Model (RDDM) for effective, efficient, and high-fidelity LDCT denoising. Inspired by the recently proposed Drifting Models, RDDM incorporates the multi-step distribution evolution into the training dynamics through a residual drifting field, thereby enabling one-step denoising. Specifically, the residual drifting field is formed by an attractive force induced by the residuals between LDCT and normal-dose CT (NDCT) and a repulsive force induced by the generated residuals. In addition, by adjusting the parameter settings and incorporating pixel-level supervision, we develop three RDDM variants, covering application needs from detail preservation to stronger noise suppression. Extensive experiments demonstrate that RDDM achieves state-of-the-art denoising performance among supervised baselines. In particular, RDDM-Fine produces reconstructions that are highly consistent with NDCT, achieving superior PSNR and SSIM together with the best FID of 5.87 while preserving realistic anatomical textures. Moreover, RDDM enables on-the-fly inference, requiring only about 15 ms to denoise a single 512 x 512 LDCT slice. These results establish RDDM as a promising solution for high-fidelity and real-time LDCT denoising in clinical applications.
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