AIGAN: Attention-encoding Integrated Generative Adversarial Network for the reconstruction of low-dose CT and low-dose PET images. 2023

Yu Fu, and Shunjie Dong, and Meng Niu, and Le Xue, and Hanning Guo, and Yanyan Huang, and Yuanfan Xu, and Tianbai Yu, and Kuangyu Shi, and Qianqian Yang, and Yiyu Shi, and Hong Zhang, and Mei Tian, and Cheng Zhuo
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Binjiang Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

X-ray computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are two of the most commonly used medical imaging technologies for the evaluation of many diseases. Full-dose imaging for CT and PET ensures the image quality but usually raises concerns about the potential health risks of radiation exposure. The contradiction between reducing the radiation exposure and remaining diagnostic performance can be addressed effectively by reconstructing the low-dose CT (L-CT) and low-dose PET (L-PET) images to the same high-quality ones as full-dose (F-CT and F-PET). In this paper, we propose an Attention-encoding Integrated Generative Adversarial Network (AIGAN) to achieve efficient and universal full-dose reconstruction for L-CT and L-PET images. AIGAN consists of three modules: the cascade generator, the dual-scale discriminator and the multi-scale spatial fusion module (MSFM). A sequence of consecutive L-CT (L-PET) slices is first fed into the cascade generator that integrates with a generation-encoding-generation pipeline. The generator plays the zero-sum game with the dual-scale discriminator for two stages: the coarse and fine stages. In both stages, the generator generates the estimated F-CT (F-PET) images as like the original F-CT (F-PET) images as possible. After the fine stage, the estimated fine full-dose images are then fed into the MSFM, which fully explores the inter- and intra-slice structural information, to output the final generated full-dose images. Experimental results show that the proposed AIGAN achieves the state-of-the-art performances on commonly used metrics and satisfies the reconstruction needs for clinical standards.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007091 Image Processing, Computer-Assisted A technique of inputting two-dimensional or three-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer. Biomedical Image Processing,Computer-Assisted Image Processing,Digital Image Processing,Image Analysis, Computer-Assisted,Image Reconstruction,Medical Image Processing,Analysis, Computer-Assisted Image,Computer-Assisted Image Analysis,Computer Assisted Image Analysis,Computer Assisted Image Processing,Computer-Assisted Image Analyses,Image Analyses, Computer-Assisted,Image Analysis, Computer Assisted,Image Processing, Biomedical,Image Processing, Computer Assisted,Image Processing, Digital,Image Processing, Medical,Image Processings, Medical,Image Reconstructions,Medical Image Processings,Processing, Biomedical Image,Processing, Digital Image,Processing, Medical Image,Processings, Digital Image,Processings, Medical Image,Reconstruction, Image,Reconstructions, Image
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001288 Attention Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating. Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography
D049268 Positron-Emission Tomography An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower. PET Imaging,PET Scan,Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging,Tomography, Positron-Emission,Imaging, PET,Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography,PET Imagings,PET Scans,Positron Emission Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography Imaging,Positron-Emission Tomography Imagings,Scan, PET,Tomography Imaging, Positron-Emission,Tomography, Positron Emission

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