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- Developed an efficient dual-domain deep-learning method for sparse-view CT reconstruction with minimal training parameters and comparable running time.
- Designed two lightweight networks, Sino-Net and Img-Net, to restore projection and image signals, tested using clinical thoraco-abdominal CT data.
- Results indicated the algorithm effectively reduced noise and artifacts, restored fine details, and improved overall image quality, showcasing its potential for practical clinical use.
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Background And Objective: We develop an efficient deep-learning based dual-domain reconstruction method for sparse-view CT reconstruction with small training parameters and comparable running time. We aim to investigate the model's capability and its clinical value by performing objective and subjective quality assessments using clinical CT projection data acquired on commercial scanners.
Methods: We designed two lightweight networks, namely Sino-Net and Img-Net, to restore the projection and image signal from the DD-Net reconstructed images in the projection and image domains, respectively. The proposed network has small training parameters and comparable running time among dual-domain based reconstruction networks and is easy to train (end-to-end). We prospectively collected clinical thoraco-abdominal CT projection data acquired on a Siemens Biograph 128 Edge CT scanner to train and validate the proposed network. Further, we quantitatively evaluated the CT Hounsfield unit (HU) values on 21 organs and anatomic structures, such as the liver, aorta, and ribcage. We also analyzed the noise properties and compared the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of the reconstructed images. Besides, two radiologists conducted the subjective qualitative evaluation including the confidence and conspicuity of anatomic structures, and the overall image quality using a 1-5 likert scoring system.
Results: Objective and subjective evaluation showed that the proposed algorithm achieves competitive results in eliminating noise and artifacts, restoring fine structure details, and recovering edges and contours of anatomic structures using 384 views (1/6 sparse rate). The proposed method exhibited good computational cost performance on clinical projection data.
Conclusion: This work presents an efficient dual-domain learning network for sparse-view CT reconstruction on raw projection data from a commercial scanner. The study also provides insights for designing an organ-based image quality assessment pipeline for sparse-view reconstruction tasks, potentially benefiting organ-specific dose reduction by sparse-view imaging.
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