PPORLD-EDNetLDCT: A Proximal Policy Optimization-Based Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Low-Dose CT Denoising
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| author | Sutradhar, Debopom Debnath, Ripon Kumar Raiaan, Mohaimenul Azam Khan Zhang, Yan Mohamed, Reem E. Azam, Sami |
| author_facet | Sutradhar, Debopom Debnath, Ripon Kumar Raiaan, Mohaimenul Azam Khan Zhang, Yan Mohamed, Reem E. Azam, Sami |
| contents | Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is critical for minimizing radiation exposure, but it often leads to increased noise and reduced image quality. Traditional denoising methods, such as iterative optimization or supervised learning, often fail to preserve image quality. To address these challenges, we introduce PPORLD-EDNetLDCT, a reinforcement learning-based (RL) approach with Encoder-Decoder for LDCT. Our method utilizes a dynamic RL-based approach in which an advanced posterior policy optimization (PPO) algorithm is used to optimize denoising policies in real time, based on image quality feedback, trained via a custom gym environment. The experimental results on the low dose CT image and projection dataset demonstrate that the proposed PPORLD-EDNetLDCT model outperforms traditional denoising techniques and other DL-based methods, achieving a peak signal-to-noise ratio of 41.87, a structural similarity index measure of 0.9814 and a root mean squared error of 0.00236. Moreover, in NIH-AAPM-Mayo Clinic Low Dose CT Challenge dataset our method achieved a PSNR of 41.52, SSIM of 0.9723 and RMSE of 0.0051. Furthermore, we validated the quality of denoising using a classification task in the COVID-19 LDCT dataset, where the images processed by our method improved the classification accuracy to 94%, achieving 4% higher accuracy compared to denoising without RL-based denoising. |
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| spellingShingle | PPORLD-EDNetLDCT: A Proximal Policy Optimization-Based Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Low-Dose CT Denoising Sutradhar, Debopom Debnath, Ripon Kumar Raiaan, Mohaimenul Azam Khan Zhang, Yan Mohamed, Reem E. Azam, Sami Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is critical for minimizing radiation exposure, but it often leads to increased noise and reduced image quality. Traditional denoising methods, such as iterative optimization or supervised learning, often fail to preserve image quality. To address these challenges, we introduce PPORLD-EDNetLDCT, a reinforcement learning-based (RL) approach with Encoder-Decoder for LDCT. Our method utilizes a dynamic RL-based approach in which an advanced posterior policy optimization (PPO) algorithm is used to optimize denoising policies in real time, based on image quality feedback, trained via a custom gym environment. The experimental results on the low dose CT image and projection dataset demonstrate that the proposed PPORLD-EDNetLDCT model outperforms traditional denoising techniques and other DL-based methods, achieving a peak signal-to-noise ratio of 41.87, a structural similarity index measure of 0.9814 and a root mean squared error of 0.00236. Moreover, in NIH-AAPM-Mayo Clinic Low Dose CT Challenge dataset our method achieved a PSNR of 41.52, SSIM of 0.9723 and RMSE of 0.0051. Furthermore, we validated the quality of denoising using a classification task in the COVID-19 LDCT dataset, where the images processed by our method improved the classification accuracy to 94%, achieving 4% higher accuracy compared to denoising without RL-based denoising. |
| title | PPORLD-EDNetLDCT: A Proximal Policy Optimization-Based Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Low-Dose CT Denoising |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03185 |