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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    Received: Apr. 15, 2024

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    Published Online: May. 13, 2025

    The Author Email: Ping CHEN (陈平)

    DOI:10.5768/JAO202546.0202001

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