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Purpose <p>The aim of this study is to convert low-dose PET (L-PET) images to full-dose PET (F-PET) images based on our Diffused Multi-scale Generative Adversarial Network (DMGAN) to offer a potential balance between reducing radiation exposure and maintaining diagnostic performance.</p> Methods <p>The proposed method includes two modules: the diffusion generator and the u-net discriminator. The goal of the first module is to get different information from different levels, enhancing the generalization ability of the generator to the image and improving the stability of the training. Generated images are inputted into the u-net discriminator, extracting details from both overall and specific perspectives to enhance the quality of the generated F-PET images. We conducted evaluations encompassing both qualitative assessments and quantitative measures. In terms of quantitative comparisons, we employed two metrics, structure similarity index measure (SSIM) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) to evaluate the performance of diverse methods.</p> Results <p>Our proposed method achieved the highest PSNR and SSIM scores among the compared methods, which improved PSNR by at least 6.2% compared to the other methods. Compared to other methods, the synthesized full-dose PET image generated by our method exhibits a more accurate voxel-wise metabolic intensity distribution, resulting in a clearer depiction of the epilepsy focus.</p> Conclusions <p>The proposed method demonstrates improved restoration of original details from low-dose PET images compared to other models trained on the same datasets. This method offers a potential balance between minimizing radiation exposure and preserving diagnostic performance.</p>

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Diffused Multi-scale Generative Adversarial Network for low-dose PET images reconstruction

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    2025年2月9日

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  • Xiang Yu,
  • Daoyan Hu,
  • Qiong Yao,
  • Yu Fu,
  • Yan Zhong,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Mei Tian,
  • Hong Zhang

摘要

Purpose

The aim of this study is to convert low-dose PET (L-PET) images to full-dose PET (F-PET) images based on our Diffused Multi-scale Generative Adversarial Network (DMGAN) to offer a potential balance between reducing radiation exposure and maintaining diagnostic performance.

Methods

The proposed method includes two modules: the diffusion generator and the u-net discriminator. The goal of the first module is to get different information from different levels, enhancing the generalization ability of the generator to the image and improving the stability of the training. Generated images are inputted into the u-net discriminator, extracting details from both overall and specific perspectives to enhance the quality of the generated F-PET images. We conducted evaluations encompassing both qualitative assessments and quantitative measures. In terms of quantitative comparisons, we employed two metrics, structure similarity index measure (SSIM) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) to evaluate the performance of diverse methods.

Results

Our proposed method achieved the highest PSNR and SSIM scores among the compared methods, which improved PSNR by at least 6.2% compared to the other methods. Compared to other methods, the synthesized full-dose PET image generated by our method exhibits a more accurate voxel-wise metabolic intensity distribution, resulting in a clearer depiction of the epilepsy focus.

Conclusions

The proposed method demonstrates improved restoration of original details from low-dose PET images compared to other models trained on the same datasets. This method offers a potential balance between minimizing radiation exposure and preserving diagnostic performance.