Towards Prospective Medical Image Reconstruction via Knowledge-Informed Dynamic Optimal Transport

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Main Authors: Zheng, Taoran, Yang, Yan, Li, Xing, Gu, Xiang, Sun, Jian, Xu, Zongben
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author Zheng, Taoran
Yang, Yan
Li, Xing
Gu, Xiang
Sun, Jian
Xu, Zongben
author_facet Zheng, Taoran
Yang, Yan
Li, Xing
Gu, Xiang
Sun, Jian
Xu, Zongben
contents Medical image reconstruction from measurement data is a vital but challenging inverse problem. Deep learning approaches have achieved promising results, but often requires paired measurement and high-quality images, which is typically simulated through a forward model, i.e., retrospective reconstruction. However, training on simulated pairs commonly leads to performance degradation on real prospective data due to the retrospective-to-prospective gap caused by incomplete imaging knowledge in simulation. To address this challenge, this paper introduces imaging Knowledge-Informed Dynamic Optimal Transport (KIDOT), a novel dynamic optimal transport framework with optimality in the sense of preserving consistency with imaging physics in transport, that conceptualizes reconstruction as finding a dynamic transport path. KIDOT learns from unpaired data by modeling reconstruction as a continuous evolution path from measurements to images, guided by an imaging knowledge-informed cost function and transport equation. This dynamic and knowledge-aware approach enhances robustness and better leverages unpaired data while respecting acquisition physics. Theoretically, we demonstrate that KIDOT naturally generalizes dynamic optimal transport, ensuring its mathematical rationale and solution existence. Extensive experiments on MRI and CT reconstruction demonstrate KIDOT's superior performance.
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spellingShingle Towards Prospective Medical Image Reconstruction via Knowledge-Informed Dynamic Optimal Transport
Zheng, Taoran
Yang, Yan
Li, Xing
Gu, Xiang
Sun, Jian
Xu, Zongben
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Medical image reconstruction from measurement data is a vital but challenging inverse problem. Deep learning approaches have achieved promising results, but often requires paired measurement and high-quality images, which is typically simulated through a forward model, i.e., retrospective reconstruction. However, training on simulated pairs commonly leads to performance degradation on real prospective data due to the retrospective-to-prospective gap caused by incomplete imaging knowledge in simulation. To address this challenge, this paper introduces imaging Knowledge-Informed Dynamic Optimal Transport (KIDOT), a novel dynamic optimal transport framework with optimality in the sense of preserving consistency with imaging physics in transport, that conceptualizes reconstruction as finding a dynamic transport path. KIDOT learns from unpaired data by modeling reconstruction as a continuous evolution path from measurements to images, guided by an imaging knowledge-informed cost function and transport equation. This dynamic and knowledge-aware approach enhances robustness and better leverages unpaired data while respecting acquisition physics. Theoretically, we demonstrate that KIDOT naturally generalizes dynamic optimal transport, ensuring its mathematical rationale and solution existence. Extensive experiments on MRI and CT reconstruction demonstrate KIDOT's superior performance.
title Towards Prospective Medical Image Reconstruction via Knowledge-Informed Dynamic Optimal Transport
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17644