Enhancing Low-dose CT Image Reconstruction by Integrating Supervised and Unsupervised Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12071v1
• Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:23:59 GMT
• Title: Enhancing Low-dose CT Image Reconstruction by Integrating Supervised and Unsupervised Learning
• Authors: Ling Chen, Zhishen Huang, Yong Long, Saiprasad Ravishankar
• Abstract summary: We propose a hybrid supervised-unsupervised learning framework for X-ray computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction. Each proposed trained block consists of a deterministic MBIR solver and a neural network. We demonstrate the efficacy of this learned hybrid model for low-dose CT image reconstruction with limited training data.
• Score: 13.17680480211064
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Traditional model-based image reconstruction (MBIR) methods combine forward and noise models with simple object priors. Recent application of deep learning methods for image reconstruction provides a successful data-driven approach to addressing the challenges when reconstructing images with undersampled measurements or various types of noise. In this work, we propose a hybrid supervised-unsupervised learning framework for X-ray computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction. The proposed learning formulation leverages both sparsity or unsupervised learning-based priors and neural network reconstructors to simulate a fixed-point iteration process. Each proposed trained block consists of a deterministic MBIR solver and a neural network. The information flows in parallel through these two reconstructors and is then optimally combined. Multiple such blocks are cascaded to form a reconstruction pipeline. We demonstrate the efficacy of this learned hybrid model for low-dose CT image reconstruction with limited training data, where we use the NIH AAPM Mayo Clinic Low Dose CT Grand Challenge dataset for training and testing. In our experiments, we study combinations of supervised deep network reconstructors and MBIR solver with learned sparse representation-based priors or analytical priors. Our results demonstrate the promising performance of the proposed framework compared to recent low-dose CT reconstruction methods.

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