Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 8, 0817001(2025)

Low-Dose CT Image Denoising Based on Error Modulation Module

Xiaohe Zhao1、*, Ping Chen2, and Jinxiao Pan2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Mathematics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, Shanxi , China
  • 2School of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, Shanxi , China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Basic flow chart of diffusion process
    Network architecture diagram
    Basic frame diagram of error modulation module
    Pretrained CT images
    Comparison of denoising effects on AAPM-1 mm-L286-30 slices. (a) (g) (m) NDCT; (b) (h) (n) (s) LDCT; (c) (i) (o) (t) BM3D; (d) (j) (p) (u) RED-CNN; (e) (k) (q) (v) DU-GAN; (f) (l) (r) (w) our method
    Comparison of denoising effects on AAPM-1 mm-L286-440 slices. (a) (g) (m) NDCT; (b) (h) (n) LDCT; (c) (i) (o) BM3D; (d) (j) (p) RED-CNN; (e) (k) (q) DU-GAN; (f) (l) (r) our method
    Comparison of HU value difference. (a) NDCT; (b) LDCT; (c) archetype; (d) add error modulation module
    Comparison of noise reduction results of single loss and compound loss. (a) (e) NDCT; (b) (f) LDCT; (c) (g) MSE; (d) (h) compound loss
    • Table 1. Mean value comparison of the first 275 groups of pictures

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      Table 1. Mean value comparison of the first 275 groups of pictures

      Denoising methodPSNR /dBSSIM
      LDCT24.47±1.760.7763±0.0605
      BM3D27.96±0.980.8976±0.0192
      RED-CNN28.82±1.530.9599±0.0106
      DU-GAN31.50±1.220.9591±0.0121
      Our method32.86±1.470.9756±0.0098
    • Table 2. Mean value comparison of the last 250 groups of pictures

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      Table 2. Mean value comparison of the last 250 groups of pictures

      Denoising methodPSNR /dBSSIM
      LDCT25.49±2.150.4310±0.0908
      BM3D27.67±0.950.8763±0.0084
      RED-CNN27.92±1.530.9363±0.0136
      DU-GAN28.39±1.130.9202±0.0219
      Our method29.18±1.010.9603±0.0062
    • Table 3. Comparison results of ablation experiments

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      Table 3. Comparison results of ablation experiments

      ArchetypeEMMPSNRSSIM
      31.280.9683
      32.860.9756
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    Paper Information

    Category: Medical Optics and Biotechnology

    Received: Aug. 7, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 24, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 24, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241821

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241821

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