LMM-IQA: Image Quality Assessment for Low-Dose CT Imaging

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Autores principales: Celik, Kagan, Unal, Mehmet Ozan, Ertas, Metin, Yildirim, Isa
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Publicado: 2025
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author Celik, Kagan
Unal, Mehmet Ozan
Ertas, Metin
Yildirim, Isa
author_facet Celik, Kagan
Unal, Mehmet Ozan
Ertas, Metin
Yildirim, Isa
contents Low-dose computed tomography (CT) represents a significant improvement in patient safety through lower radiation doses, but increased noise, blur, and contrast loss can diminish diagnostic quality. Therefore, consistency and robustness in image quality assessment become essential for clinical applications. In this study, we propose an LLM-based quality assessment system that generates both numerical scores and textual descriptions of degradations such as noise, blur, and contrast loss. Furthermore, various inference strategies - from the zero-shot approach to metadata integration and error feedback - are systematically examined, demonstrating the progressive contribution of each method to overall performance. The resultant assessments yield not only highly correlated scores but also interpretable output, thereby adding value to clinical workflows. The source codes of our study are available at https://github.com/itu-biai/lmms_ldct_iqa.
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spellingShingle LMM-IQA: Image Quality Assessment for Low-Dose CT Imaging
Celik, Kagan
Unal, Mehmet Ozan
Ertas, Metin
Yildirim, Isa
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Low-dose computed tomography (CT) represents a significant improvement in patient safety through lower radiation doses, but increased noise, blur, and contrast loss can diminish diagnostic quality. Therefore, consistency and robustness in image quality assessment become essential for clinical applications. In this study, we propose an LLM-based quality assessment system that generates both numerical scores and textual descriptions of degradations such as noise, blur, and contrast loss. Furthermore, various inference strategies - from the zero-shot approach to metadata integration and error feedback - are systematically examined, demonstrating the progressive contribution of each method to overall performance. The resultant assessments yield not only highly correlated scores but also interpretable output, thereby adding value to clinical workflows. The source codes of our study are available at https://github.com/itu-biai/lmms_ldct_iqa.
title LMM-IQA: Image Quality Assessment for Low-Dose CT Imaging
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07298