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Main Authors: Wang, Haoshen, Chen, Lei, Zhang, Wei-Hua, Wu, Linxia, Luo, Yong, Wang, Zengmao, Xiong, Yuan, Zhu, Chengcheng, Tang, Wenjuan, Zhang, Xueyi, Zhou, Wei, Duan, Xuhua, Zhang, Lefei, Teng, Gao-Jun, Du, Bo, Zhao, Huangxuan
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00873
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author Wang, Haoshen
Chen, Lei
Zhang, Wei-Hua
Wu, Linxia
Luo, Yong
Wang, Zengmao
Xiong, Yuan
Zhu, Chengcheng
Tang, Wenjuan
Zhang, Xueyi
Zhou, Wei
Duan, Xuhua
Zhang, Lefei
Teng, Gao-Jun
Du, Bo
Zhao, Huangxuan
author_facet Wang, Haoshen
Chen, Lei
Zhang, Wei-Hua
Wu, Linxia
Luo, Yong
Wang, Zengmao
Xiong, Yuan
Zhu, Chengcheng
Tang, Wenjuan
Zhang, Xueyi
Zhou, Wei
Duan, Xuhua
Zhang, Lefei
Teng, Gao-Jun
Du, Bo
Zhao, Huangxuan
contents Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided puncture has become an established approach for diagnosing and treating early- to mid-stage thoracic tumours, yet the associated radiation exposure substantially elevates the risk of secondary malignancies. Although multiple low-dose CBCT strategies have been introduced, none have undergone validation using large-scale multicenter retrospective datasets, and prospective clinical evaluation remains lacking. Here, we propose DeepPriorCBCT - a three-stage deep learning framework that achieves diagnostic-grade reconstruction using only one-sixth of the conventional radiation dose. 4102 patients with 8675 CBCT scans from 12 centers were included to develop and validate DeepPriorCBCT. Additionally, a prospective cross-over trial (Registry number: NCT07035977) which recruited 138 patients scheduled for percutaneous thoracic puncture was conducted to assess the model's clinical applicability. Assessment by 11 physicians confirmed that reconstructed images were indistinguishable from original scans. Moreover, diagnostic performance and overall image quality were comparable to those generated by standard reconstruction algorithms. In the prospective trial, five radiologists reported no significant differences in image quality or lesion assessment between DeepPriorCBCT and the clinical standard (all P>0.05). Likewise, 25 interventionalists expressed no preference between model-based and full-sampling images for surgical guidance (Kappa<0.2). Radiation exposure with DeepPriorCBCT was reduced to approximately one-sixth of that with the conventional approach, and collectively, the findings confirm that it enables high-quality CBCT reconstruction under sparse sampling conditions while markedly decreasing intraoperative radiation risk.
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spellingShingle Neural Discrete Representation Learning for Sparse-View CBCT Reconstruction: From Algorithm Design to Prospective Multicenter Clinical Evaluation
Wang, Haoshen
Chen, Lei
Zhang, Wei-Hua
Wu, Linxia
Luo, Yong
Wang, Zengmao
Xiong, Yuan
Zhu, Chengcheng
Tang, Wenjuan
Zhang, Xueyi
Zhou, Wei
Duan, Xuhua
Zhang, Lefei
Teng, Gao-Jun
Du, Bo
Zhao, Huangxuan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided puncture has become an established approach for diagnosing and treating early- to mid-stage thoracic tumours, yet the associated radiation exposure substantially elevates the risk of secondary malignancies. Although multiple low-dose CBCT strategies have been introduced, none have undergone validation using large-scale multicenter retrospective datasets, and prospective clinical evaluation remains lacking. Here, we propose DeepPriorCBCT - a three-stage deep learning framework that achieves diagnostic-grade reconstruction using only one-sixth of the conventional radiation dose. 4102 patients with 8675 CBCT scans from 12 centers were included to develop and validate DeepPriorCBCT. Additionally, a prospective cross-over trial (Registry number: NCT07035977) which recruited 138 patients scheduled for percutaneous thoracic puncture was conducted to assess the model's clinical applicability. Assessment by 11 physicians confirmed that reconstructed images were indistinguishable from original scans. Moreover, diagnostic performance and overall image quality were comparable to those generated by standard reconstruction algorithms. In the prospective trial, five radiologists reported no significant differences in image quality or lesion assessment between DeepPriorCBCT and the clinical standard (all P>0.05). Likewise, 25 interventionalists expressed no preference between model-based and full-sampling images for surgical guidance (Kappa<0.2). Radiation exposure with DeepPriorCBCT was reduced to approximately one-sixth of that with the conventional approach, and collectively, the findings confirm that it enables high-quality CBCT reconstruction under sparse sampling conditions while markedly decreasing intraoperative radiation risk.
title Neural Discrete Representation Learning for Sparse-View CBCT Reconstruction: From Algorithm Design to Prospective Multicenter Clinical Evaluation
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00873