PET-Adapter: Test-Time Domain Adaptation for Full and Limited-Angle PET Image Reconstruction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08030v1
• Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 17:15:33 GMT
• Title: PET-Adapter: Test-Time Domain Adaptation for Full and Limited-Angle PET Image Reconstruction
• Abstract summary: We propose PET-Adapter, a test-time domain adaptation framework for generative PET reconstruction models pretrained solely on phantom data.<n>Our method enables adaptation to clinical datasets with varying anatomies, tracers, and scanner configurations without requiring paired ground truth.<n>Experiments across multiple clinical datasets demonstrate superior 3D reconstruction performance in both full-angle and limited-angle settings.
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• Abstract: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) image reconstruction is inherently challenged by Poisson noise and physical degradation factors, which are further exacerbated in limited-angle acquisitions. While deep learning methods demonstrate promising performance, their generalization to unseen clinical data distributions remains limited without extensive retraining. We propose PET-Adapter, a test-time domain adaptation framework for generative PET reconstruction models pretrained solely on phantom data. Our method enables adaptation to clinical datasets with varying anatomies, tracers, and scanner configurations without requiring paired ground truth. PET-Adapter introduces layer-wise low-rank anatomical conditioning during adaptation and Ordered Subset Expectation Maximization-based warm-starting that initializes the generation from physics-informed reconstructions, reducing diffusion steps from 50 to 2 without compromising quality. Experiments across multiple clinical datasets demonstrate superior 3D reconstruction performance in both full-angle and limited-angle settings, highlighting the clinical feasibility and computational efficiency of the proposed approach.

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