H3D-MarNet: Wavelet-Guided Dual-Path Learning for Metal Artifact Suppression and CT Modality Transformation for Radiotherapy Workflows

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Autores principales: Rehman, Mubashara, Martinel, Niki, Avanzo, Michele, Spizzo, Riccardo, Micheloni, Christian
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Publicado: 2026
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author Rehman, Mubashara
Martinel, Niki
Avanzo, Michele
Spizzo, Riccardo
Micheloni, Christian
author_facet Rehman, Mubashara
Martinel, Niki
Avanzo, Michele
Spizzo, Riccardo
Micheloni, Christian
contents Metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) severely degrade image quality, compromising diagnostic accuracy and radiotherapy planning, especially in cancer patients with high-density implants. We propose H3D-MarNet, a two-stage framework for artifact-aware CT domain transformation from kilo-voltage CT (kVCT) to mega-voltage CT (MVCT). In the first stage, a wavelet-based preprocessing module suppresses metal-induced artifacts through frequency-aware denoising while preserving anatomical structures. In second stage, Domain-TransNet performs kVCT-to-MVCT domain transformation using a hybrid volumetric learning architecture. Domain-TransNet integrates a CNN-based encoder to capture fine-grained local anatomical details and a transformer-based encoder to model long-range volumetric dependencies. The complementary representations are fused through an attention-based feature fusion mechanism to ensure spatial and contextual coherence across slices. A multi-stage, attention-guided decoder, supported by deep supervision, progressively reconstructs artifact-suppressed MVCT volumes. Extensive experiments demonstrate that H3D-MarNet achieves 28.14 dB PSNR and 0.717 SSIM on artifact-affected slices from full dataset, indicating effective metal artifact suppression and anatomical preservation, highlighting its potential for reliable CT modality transformation in clinical radiotherapy workflows.
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spellingShingle H3D-MarNet: Wavelet-Guided Dual-Path Learning for Metal Artifact Suppression and CT Modality Transformation for Radiotherapy Workflows
Rehman, Mubashara
Martinel, Niki
Avanzo, Michele
Spizzo, Riccardo
Micheloni, Christian
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) severely degrade image quality, compromising diagnostic accuracy and radiotherapy planning, especially in cancer patients with high-density implants. We propose H3D-MarNet, a two-stage framework for artifact-aware CT domain transformation from kilo-voltage CT (kVCT) to mega-voltage CT (MVCT). In the first stage, a wavelet-based preprocessing module suppresses metal-induced artifacts through frequency-aware denoising while preserving anatomical structures. In second stage, Domain-TransNet performs kVCT-to-MVCT domain transformation using a hybrid volumetric learning architecture. Domain-TransNet integrates a CNN-based encoder to capture fine-grained local anatomical details and a transformer-based encoder to model long-range volumetric dependencies. The complementary representations are fused through an attention-based feature fusion mechanism to ensure spatial and contextual coherence across slices. A multi-stage, attention-guided decoder, supported by deep supervision, progressively reconstructs artifact-suppressed MVCT volumes. Extensive experiments demonstrate that H3D-MarNet achieves 28.14 dB PSNR and 0.717 SSIM on artifact-affected slices from full dataset, indicating effective metal artifact suppression and anatomical preservation, highlighting its potential for reliable CT modality transformation in clinical radiotherapy workflows.
title H3D-MarNet: Wavelet-Guided Dual-Path Learning for Metal Artifact Suppression and CT Modality Transformation for Radiotherapy Workflows
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12252