Journal of Applied Optics, Volume. 46, Issue 2, 292(2025)

Low-dose CT denoising using combination of multi-scale residuals and global attention

Yanan SUN1,2, Ping CHEN2、*, and Jinxiao PAN1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Mathematics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
  • 2Shanxi Key Laboratory of Signal Capturing and Processing, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
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    Framework of overall network
    Multi-scale dense residual blocks
    Global attention mechanism
    Channel attention module
    Spatial attention module
    Denoising module
    Comparison of denoising effects of different algorithms
    Comparison of denoising effects of different algorithms under extreme noise conditions
    • Table 1. Comparison of denoising results of LDCT images using different algorithms

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      Table 1. Comparison of denoising results of LDCT images using different algorithms

      MethodPSNRSSIMSI
      LDCT29.43540.86600.3695
      BM3D31.83270.89920.3044
      RED-CNN32.62190.91690.2914
      CTformer34.31570.95110.2848
      Ours35.18380.96050.2845
    • Table 2. Evaluation indexes of noise reduction by different algorithms under extreme noise conditions

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      Table 2. Evaluation indexes of noise reduction by different algorithms under extreme noise conditions

      MethodPSNRSSIMSI
      LDCT18.02090.69320.5629
      BM3D18.55600.73130.4161
      RED-CNN18.91790.76430.3848
      CTformer19.78430.73580.3472
      Ours20.10600.77910.3102
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    Received: Apr. 15, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 13, 2025

    The Author Email: Ping CHEN (陈平)

    DOI:10.5768/JAO202546.0202001

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