Photon-counting CT using a Conditional Diffusion Model for Super-resolution and Texture-preservation
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| author | Wiedeman, Christopher Niu, Chuang Li, Mengzhou De Man, Bruno Maltz, Jonathan S Wang, Ge |
| author_facet | Wiedeman, Christopher Niu, Chuang Li, Mengzhou De Man, Bruno Maltz, Jonathan S Wang, Ge |
| contents | Ultra-high resolution images are desirable in photon counting CT (PCCT), but resolution is physically limited by interactions such as charge sharing. Deep learning is a possible method for super-resolution (SR), but sourcing paired training data that adequately models the target task is difficult. Additionally, SR algorithms can distort noise texture, which is an important in many clinical diagnostic scenarios. Here, we train conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) for PCCT super-resolution, with the objective to retain textural characteristics of local noise. PCCT simulation methods are used to synthesize realistic resolution degradation. To preserve noise texture, we explore decoupling the noise and signal image inputs and outputs via deep denoisers, explicitly mapping to each during the SR process. Our experimental results indicate that our DDPM trained on simulated data can improve sharpness in real PCCT images. Additionally, the disentanglement of noise from the original image allows our model more faithfully preserve noise texture. |
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| spellingShingle | Photon-counting CT using a Conditional Diffusion Model for Super-resolution and Texture-preservation Wiedeman, Christopher Niu, Chuang Li, Mengzhou De Man, Bruno Maltz, Jonathan S Wang, Ge Image and Video Processing Ultra-high resolution images are desirable in photon counting CT (PCCT), but resolution is physically limited by interactions such as charge sharing. Deep learning is a possible method for super-resolution (SR), but sourcing paired training data that adequately models the target task is difficult. Additionally, SR algorithms can distort noise texture, which is an important in many clinical diagnostic scenarios. Here, we train conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) for PCCT super-resolution, with the objective to retain textural characteristics of local noise. PCCT simulation methods are used to synthesize realistic resolution degradation. To preserve noise texture, we explore decoupling the noise and signal image inputs and outputs via deep denoisers, explicitly mapping to each during the SR process. Our experimental results indicate that our DDPM trained on simulated data can improve sharpness in real PCCT images. Additionally, the disentanglement of noise from the original image allows our model more faithfully preserve noise texture. |
| title | Photon-counting CT using a Conditional Diffusion Model for Super-resolution and Texture-preservation |
| topic | Image and Video Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16212 |