SCOUT: Fast Spectral CT Imaging in Ultra LOw-data Regimes via PseUdo-label GeneraTion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00687v1
• Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:54:16 GMT
• Title: SCOUT: Fast Spectral CT Imaging in Ultra LOw-data Regimes via PseUdo-label GeneraTion
• Authors: Guoquan Wei, Liu Shi, Shaoyu Wang, Mohan Li, Cunfeng Wei, Qiegen Liu,
• Abstract summary: Noise and artifacts during computed tomography (CT) scans are a fundamental challenge affecting disease diagnosis.<n>This work proposes a reconstruction method under ultra-low raw data conditions, requiring no external data and avoiding lengthy pre-training processes.<n>Experiments demonstrate that this method not only mitigates detector-induced ring artifacts but also exhibits unprecedented capabilities in detail recovery.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Noise and artifacts during computed tomography (CT) scans are a fundamental challenge affecting disease diagnosis. However, current methods either involve excessively long reconstruction times or rely on data-driven models for optimization, failing to adequately consider the valuable information inherent in the data itself, especially medical 3D data. This work proposes a reconstruction method under ultra-low raw data conditions, requiring no external data and avoiding lengthy pre-training processes. By leveraging spatial nonlocal similarity and the conjugate properties of the projection domain to generate pseudo-3D data for self-supervised training, high-fidelity results can be achieved in a very short time. Extensive experiments demonstrate that this method not only mitigates detector-induced ring artifacts but also exhibits unprecedented capabilities in detail recovery. This method provides a new paradigm for research using unlabeled raw projection data. Code is available at https://github.com/yqx7150/SCOUT.

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