DiffDenoise: Self-Supervised Medical Image Denoising with Conditional Diffusion Models

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Auteurs principaux: Demir, Basar, Liu, Yikang, Chen, Xiao, Chen, Eric Z., Zhao, Lin, Mailhe, Boris, Chen, Terrence, Sun, Shanhui
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author Demir, Basar
Liu, Yikang
Chen, Xiao
Chen, Eric Z.
Zhao, Lin
Mailhe, Boris
Chen, Terrence
Sun, Shanhui
author_facet Demir, Basar
Liu, Yikang
Chen, Xiao
Chen, Eric Z.
Zhao, Lin
Mailhe, Boris
Chen, Terrence
Sun, Shanhui
contents Many self-supervised denoising approaches have been proposed in recent years. However, these methods tend to overly smooth images, resulting in the loss of fine structures that are essential for medical applications. In this paper, we propose DiffDenoise, a powerful self-supervised denoising approach tailored for medical images, designed to preserve high-frequency details. Our approach comprises three stages. First, we train a diffusion model on noisy images, using the outputs of a pretrained Blind-Spot Network as conditioning inputs. Next, we introduce a novel stabilized reverse sampling technique, which generates clean images by averaging diffusion sampling outputs initialized with a pair of symmetric noises. Finally, we train a supervised denoising network using noisy images paired with the denoised outputs generated by the diffusion model. Our results demonstrate that DiffDenoise outperforms existing state-of-the-art methods in both synthetic and real-world medical image denoising tasks. We provide both a theoretical foundation and practical insights, demonstrating the method's effectiveness across various medical imaging modalities and anatomical structures.
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spellingShingle DiffDenoise: Self-Supervised Medical Image Denoising with Conditional Diffusion Models
Demir, Basar
Liu, Yikang
Chen, Xiao
Chen, Eric Z.
Zhao, Lin
Mailhe, Boris
Chen, Terrence
Sun, Shanhui
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Many self-supervised denoising approaches have been proposed in recent years. However, these methods tend to overly smooth images, resulting in the loss of fine structures that are essential for medical applications. In this paper, we propose DiffDenoise, a powerful self-supervised denoising approach tailored for medical images, designed to preserve high-frequency details. Our approach comprises three stages. First, we train a diffusion model on noisy images, using the outputs of a pretrained Blind-Spot Network as conditioning inputs. Next, we introduce a novel stabilized reverse sampling technique, which generates clean images by averaging diffusion sampling outputs initialized with a pair of symmetric noises. Finally, we train a supervised denoising network using noisy images paired with the denoised outputs generated by the diffusion model. Our results demonstrate that DiffDenoise outperforms existing state-of-the-art methods in both synthetic and real-world medical image denoising tasks. We provide both a theoretical foundation and practical insights, demonstrating the method's effectiveness across various medical imaging modalities and anatomical structures.
title DiffDenoise: Self-Supervised Medical Image Denoising with Conditional Diffusion Models
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00264