CT Reconstruction using Diffusion Posterior Sampling conditioned on a Nonlinear Measurement Model

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Auteurs principaux: Li, Shudong, Jiang, Xiao, Tivnan, Matthew, Gang, Grace J., Shen, Yuan, Stayman, J. Webster
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author Li, Shudong
Jiang, Xiao
Tivnan, Matthew
Gang, Grace J.
Shen, Yuan
Stayman, J. Webster
author_facet Li, Shudong
Jiang, Xiao
Tivnan, Matthew
Gang, Grace J.
Shen, Yuan
Stayman, J. Webster
contents Diffusion models have been demonstrated as powerful deep learning tools for image generation in CT reconstruction and restoration. Recently, diffusion posterior sampling, where a score-based diffusion prior is combined with a likelihood model, has been used to produce high quality CT images given low-quality measurements. This technique is attractive since it permits a one-time, unsupervised training of a CT prior; which can then be incorporated with an arbitrary data model. However, current methods rely on a linear model of x-ray CT physics to reconstruct or restore images. While it is common to linearize the transmission tomography reconstruction problem, this is an approximation to the true and inherently nonlinear forward model. We propose a new method that solves the inverse problem of nonlinear CT image reconstruction via diffusion posterior sampling. We implement a traditional unconditional diffusion model by training a prior score function estimator, and apply Bayes rule to combine this prior with a measurement likelihood score function derived from the nonlinear physical model to arrive at a posterior score function that can be used to sample the reverse-time diffusion process. This plug-and-play method allows incorporation of a diffusion-based prior with generalized nonlinear CT image reconstruction into multiple CT system designs with different forward models, without the need for any additional training. We develop the algorithm that performs this reconstruction, including an ordered-subsets variant for accelerated processing and demonstrate the technique in both fully sampled low dose data and sparse-view geometries using a single unsupervised training of the prior.
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spellingShingle CT Reconstruction using Diffusion Posterior Sampling conditioned on a Nonlinear Measurement Model
Li, Shudong
Jiang, Xiao
Tivnan, Matthew
Gang, Grace J.
Shen, Yuan
Stayman, J. Webster
Medical Physics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
Computational Physics
J.3; I.4.4; I.4.5
Diffusion models have been demonstrated as powerful deep learning tools for image generation in CT reconstruction and restoration. Recently, diffusion posterior sampling, where a score-based diffusion prior is combined with a likelihood model, has been used to produce high quality CT images given low-quality measurements. This technique is attractive since it permits a one-time, unsupervised training of a CT prior; which can then be incorporated with an arbitrary data model. However, current methods rely on a linear model of x-ray CT physics to reconstruct or restore images. While it is common to linearize the transmission tomography reconstruction problem, this is an approximation to the true and inherently nonlinear forward model. We propose a new method that solves the inverse problem of nonlinear CT image reconstruction via diffusion posterior sampling. We implement a traditional unconditional diffusion model by training a prior score function estimator, and apply Bayes rule to combine this prior with a measurement likelihood score function derived from the nonlinear physical model to arrive at a posterior score function that can be used to sample the reverse-time diffusion process. This plug-and-play method allows incorporation of a diffusion-based prior with generalized nonlinear CT image reconstruction into multiple CT system designs with different forward models, without the need for any additional training. We develop the algorithm that performs this reconstruction, including an ordered-subsets variant for accelerated processing and demonstrate the technique in both fully sampled low dose data and sparse-view geometries using a single unsupervised training of the prior.
title CT Reconstruction using Diffusion Posterior Sampling conditioned on a Nonlinear Measurement Model
topic Medical Physics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
Computational Physics
J.3; I.4.4; I.4.5
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01464