CT to PET Translation: A Large-scale Dataset and Domain-Knowledge-Guided Diffusion Approach

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Dac Thai, Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Nguyen, Huu Tien, Nguyen, Thanh Trung, Pham, Huy Hieu, Nguyen, Thanh Hung, Truong, Thao Nguyen, Nguyen, Phi Le
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author Nguyen, Dac Thai
Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Nguyen, Huu Tien
Nguyen, Thanh Trung
Pham, Huy Hieu
Nguyen, Thanh Hung
Truong, Thao Nguyen
Nguyen, Phi Le
author_facet Nguyen, Dac Thai
Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Nguyen, Huu Tien
Nguyen, Thanh Trung
Pham, Huy Hieu
Nguyen, Thanh Hung
Truong, Thao Nguyen
Nguyen, Phi Le
contents Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography (CT) are essential for diagnosing, staging, and monitoring various diseases, particularly cancer. Despite their importance, the use of PET/CT systems is limited by the necessity for radioactive materials, the scarcity of PET scanners, and the high cost associated with PET imaging. In contrast, CT scanners are more widely available and significantly less expensive. In response to these challenges, our study addresses the issue of generating PET images from CT images, aiming to reduce both the medical examination cost and the associated health risks for patients. Our contributions are twofold: First, we introduce a conditional diffusion model named CPDM, which, to our knowledge, is one of the initial attempts to employ a diffusion model for translating from CT to PET images. Second, we provide the largest CT-PET dataset to date, comprising 2,028,628 paired CT-PET images, which facilitates the training and evaluation of CT-to-PET translation models. For the CPDM model, we incorporate domain knowledge to develop two conditional maps: the Attention map and the Attenuation map. The former helps the diffusion process focus on areas of interest, while the latter improves PET data correction and ensures accurate diagnostic information. Experimental evaluations across various benchmarks demonstrate that CPDM surpasses existing methods in generating high-quality PET images in terms of multiple metrics. The source code and data samples are available at https://github.com/thanhhff/CPDM.
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spellingShingle CT to PET Translation: A Large-scale Dataset and Domain-Knowledge-Guided Diffusion Approach
Nguyen, Dac Thai
Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Nguyen, Huu Tien
Nguyen, Thanh Trung
Pham, Huy Hieu
Nguyen, Thanh Hung
Truong, Thao Nguyen
Nguyen, Phi Le
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography (CT) are essential for diagnosing, staging, and monitoring various diseases, particularly cancer. Despite their importance, the use of PET/CT systems is limited by the necessity for radioactive materials, the scarcity of PET scanners, and the high cost associated with PET imaging. In contrast, CT scanners are more widely available and significantly less expensive. In response to these challenges, our study addresses the issue of generating PET images from CT images, aiming to reduce both the medical examination cost and the associated health risks for patients. Our contributions are twofold: First, we introduce a conditional diffusion model named CPDM, which, to our knowledge, is one of the initial attempts to employ a diffusion model for translating from CT to PET images. Second, we provide the largest CT-PET dataset to date, comprising 2,028,628 paired CT-PET images, which facilitates the training and evaluation of CT-to-PET translation models. For the CPDM model, we incorporate domain knowledge to develop two conditional maps: the Attention map and the Attenuation map. The former helps the diffusion process focus on areas of interest, while the latter improves PET data correction and ensures accurate diagnostic information. Experimental evaluations across various benchmarks demonstrate that CPDM surpasses existing methods in generating high-quality PET images in terms of multiple metrics. The source code and data samples are available at https://github.com/thanhhff/CPDM.
title CT to PET Translation: A Large-scale Dataset and Domain-Knowledge-Guided Diffusion Approach
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21932