用无监督AI修复牙科CT金属伪影,提升诊断清晰度。
Unsupervised Metal Artifact Reduction in Dental CBCT using Fine-tuned Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks

- 基于调优的CycleGAN框架,无需配对数据训练。
- BRISQUE降低34.6%,FID从207降至157,结构相似性达0.9105。
- 实时处理每切片仅3.03毫秒,适合临床辅助决策。
牙科种植体产生的金属伪影严重破坏锥形束计算机断层扫描(CBCT)图像质量,掩盖关键解剖结构,影响诊断准确性。为此,提出一种无监督深度学习框架用于金属伪影去除(MAR),采用针对高保真重建优化的循环一致性对抗网络(CycleGAN)。与依赖不可获得的体素级配对数据的监督方法不同,该方法利用约4,000张来自公开ToothFairy数据集的无配对图像进行训练。架构结合基于U-Net的生成器和PatchGAN判别器,特别设计以抑制生成幻觉并保持形态完整性。在独立测试集上的定量评估显示,盲参考无图像空间质量评价(BRISQUE)得分提升34.6%,弗雷切特初始距离(FID)从207.03降至157.04,结构相似性指数(SSIM)达0.9105。该框架实现每切片3.03毫秒的实时推理速度,有效抑制伪影同时保留解剖细节。专家验证确认高保真度;但为确保极端情况下的可靠性,建议作为人机协同下的临床决策支持工具。通过可扩展软件流程提升牙科种植体成像的诊断清晰度,本研究提供了一种鲁棒解决方案。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Metal artifacts generated by dental implants significantly degrade cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) volumes, obscuring critical anatomical structures and compromising diagnostic precision. To address this, an unsupervised deep learning framework has been proposed for Metal Artifact Reduction (MAR) utilizing a Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Network (CycleGAN) optimized for high-fidelity restoration. Unlike supervised methods that rely on unattainable voxel-aligned paired datasets, the proposed approach leverages an unpaired dataset of approximately 4,000 images, curated from the public ToothFairy dataset. The architecture integrates U-Net-based generators and PatchGAN discriminators, specifically tuned to mitigate generative hallucinations and preserve morphological integrity. Quantitative benchmarking on a held-out test set demonstrates a 34.6\% improvement in the Blind/Referenceless Image Spatial Quality Evaluator (BRISQUE) score, a substantial reduction in Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) from 207.03 to 157.04, and a superior Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) of 0.9105. The framework achieves real-time efficiency with a 3.03 ms inference time per slice, effectively suppressing artifacts while preserving anatomical detail. Expert validation confirms high fidelity; however, to ensure reliability in extreme cases, the architecture is recommended as a clinical decision-support tool under human-in-the-loop oversight. By enhancing diagnostic clarity via a scalable software pipeline, this study provides a robust solution for high-fidelity dental implant imaging.
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