Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 2, 0210008(2022)

LDCT Denoising Method Based on Dual Attention Mechanism and Compound Loss

Zhitao Guo, Yi Su, Jinli Yuan*, and Linlin Zhao
Author Affiliations
  • School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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    Dual attention module. (1) Channel attention module; (2) spatial attention module
    Channel attention module
    Spatial attention module
    Network structure model
    Preprocessing module
    CT images of abdomen. (a) Test fig.1; (b) test fig.2
    LDCT and denoising effect of different algorithms of test Fig. 1. (a) LDCT; (b) BM3D; (c) K-SVD; (d) RED-CNN; (e) WGAN-VGG; (f) CycleGAN; (g) proposed algorithm; (h) NDCT
    Partial enlarged view of ROI in Figs.7. (a) LDCT; (b) BM3D; (c) K-SVD; (d) RED-CNN; (e) WGAN-VGG; (f) CycleGAN; (g) proposed algorithm; (h) NDCT
    Noise after denoising by LDCT and different algorithms in Figs. 7. (a) LDCT; (b) BM3D; (c) K-SVD; (d) RED-CNN; (e) WGAN-VGG; (f) CycleGAN; (g) proposed algorithm
    LDCT and denoising effect of different algorithms of test Fig. 2.(a) LDCT; (b) BM3D; (c) K-SVD; (d) RED-CNN; (e) WGAN-VGG; (f) CycleGAN; (g) proposed algorithm; (h) NDCT
    Partial enlarged view of ROI in Figs.10. (a) LDCT; (b) BM3D; (c) K-SVD; (d) RED-CNN; (e) WGAN-VGG; (f) CycleGAN; (g) proposed algorithm ; (h) NDCT
    Noise after denoising by LDCT and different algorithms in Figs.10. (a) LDCT;(b) BM3D; (c) K-SVD; (d) RED-CNN; (e) WGAN-VGG; (f) CycleGAN; (g) proposed algorithm
    Performance indicators of ROI area in Fig. 7 and Fig. 10. (a) PSNR indicator; (b) SSIM indicator
    • Table 1. Objective evaluation indicators in Fig. 7 and Fig. 10

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      Table 1. Objective evaluation indicators in Fig. 7 and Fig. 10

      AlgorithmFig. 7Fig. 10
      PSNRSSIMPSNRSSIM
      LDCT16.99860.688815.66970.5829
      BM3D18.37820.705616.98220.6006
      K-SVD18.44490.696817.06100.5917
      RED-CNN22.30740.726720.71730.6167
      WGAN-VGG20.79280.711519.21190.6014
      CycleGAN21.60820.718620.01650.6097
      Proposed algorithm22.95770.758720.85070.6529
    • Table 2. Average objective indicators of different algorithms in test set

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      Table 2. Average objective indicators of different algorithms in test set

      AlgorithmPSNRSSIM
      LDCT21.57560.7928
      BM3D23.91340.8122
      K-SVD24.07040.8040
      RED-CNN26.44640.8195
      WGAN-VGG24.92130.8121
      CycleGAN25.72640.8163
      Proposed algorithm27.21760.8538
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Dec. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 11, 2021

    Published Online: Dec. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: Yuan Jinli (jinli_yuan@hebut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.0210008

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