Pushing the Limit of Unsupervised Learning for Ultrasound Image Artifact Removal

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14773v1
• Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 03:21:56 GMT
• Title: Pushing the Limit of Unsupervised Learning for Ultrasound Image Artifact Removal
• Authors: Shujaat Khan, Jaeyoung Huh, Jong Chul Ye
• Abstract summary: Deep learning approaches have been successfully used for ultrasound imaging field. In this paper, inspired by the recent theory of unsupervised learning using optimal transport driven cycleGAN (OT-cycleGAN), we investigate applicability of unsupervised deep learning for US artifact removal problems.
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• Abstract: Ultrasound (US) imaging is a fast and non-invasive imaging modality which is widely used for real-time clinical imaging applications without concerning about radiation hazard. Unfortunately, it often suffers from poor visual quality from various origins, such as speckle noises, blurring, multi-line acquisition (MLA), limited RF channels, small number of view angles for the case of plane wave imaging, etc. Classical methods to deal with these problems include image-domain signal processing approaches using various adaptive filtering and model-based approaches. Recently, deep learning approaches have been successfully used for ultrasound imaging field. However, one of the limitations of these approaches is that paired high quality images for supervised training are difficult to obtain in many practical applications. In this paper, inspired by the recent theory of unsupervised learning using optimal transport driven cycleGAN (OT-cycleGAN), we investigate applicability of unsupervised deep learning for US artifact removal problems without matched reference data. Experimental results for various tasks such as deconvolution, speckle removal, limited data artifact removal, etc. confirmed that our unsupervised learning method provides comparable results to supervised learning for many practical applications.

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