arXiv:2606.08751cs.CV2026-06

不训练即可加速3D PET去噪,速度提升十倍以上

Less Is More: Training-Free Acceleration Framework of 3D Diffusion Models for Low-Count PET Denoising via Global-Local Trajectory Reduction

论文配图:Less Is More: Training-Free Acceleration Framework of 3D Diffusion Models for Low-Count PET Denoising via Global-Local Trajectory Reduction
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  • 通过跳过全局去噪步骤并复用局部特征,实现无训练加速
  • 在多个放射性示踪剂上实现超10倍加速,图像质量更优
  • 即插即用,适合临床部署的低计数PET重建

PET的精确量化对评估疾病进展和辅助临床决策至关重要。尽管高计数PET可提供可靠图像质量,但其辐射剂量高、采集时间长,限制了临床应用,促使低计数协议的发展。基于扩散模型的方法在恢复低计数PET至接近高计数质量方面表现出强大潜力,但其迭代采样过程在高分辨率3D PET中计算成本极高,导致推理延迟严重,难以实际应用。为此,我们提出一种无需训练的全局-局部跳过策略,在不改变预训练模型的前提下,同时加速3D PET去噪并提升重建质量。具体包括:(i) 全局去噪步跳过策略,通过噪声一致变换的低计数输入从中间去噪步骤启动反向扩散过程,显著减少所需去噪步数;(ii) 局部特征复用捷径,跨相邻去噪步复用缓慢变化的高层U-Net特征,进一步降低每步计算量且保持图像保真度。我们在自研及公开数据集上的多种示踪剂(18F-FDG、68Ga-DOTATATE、18F-PSMA)上验证该方法,结果表明加速超过一个数量级,重建性能优于或等同于全步基线。盲法读者研究证实其提升了临床信心与诊断质量。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate quantification and uptake measurement in PET are critical for assessing disease progression and supporting clinical decision-making. While high-count PET provides reliable image quality, the associated radiation dose and prolonged acquisition remain significant clinical concerns, motivating the adoption of low-count protocols. Diffusion-model-based methods have demonstrated strong potential for restoring low-count PET to near high-count quality, but their iterative sampling procedure becomes prohibitively expensive when applied to high-resolution 3D PET volumes, introducing substantial inference latency that limits practical clinical deployment. To address these challenges, we propose a training-free Global-Local Skipping Strategy that accelerates diffusion model-based 3D PET denoising while simultaneously improving reconstruction quality. The proposed method is plug-and-play and directly applicable to pre-trained diffusion models without retraining or architectural modification. Specifically, we introduce: (i) a global denoising step skipping strategy that initializes the reverse diffusion process from an intermediate denoising step using a noise-consistent transformation of the low-count input, substantially reducing the number of required denoising steps; and (ii) a local feature reuse shortcut that reuses slowly-varying high-level U-Net features across neighboring denoising steps, further reducing per-step computation while preserving image fidelity. We evaluate the proposed approach on multiple PET tracers from in-house and public datasets, including 18F-FDG PET, 68Ga-DOTATATE PET, and 18F-PSMA PET, demonstrating consistent acceleration of over an order of magnitude alongside improved or comparable reconstruction performance relative to the full-step baseline. Blinded reader studies further confirm enhanced clinical confidence and perceived diagnostic quality.

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