Progressive Masked Refinement Self-supervised Learning for Low-Dose CT Denoising
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Noise2Match is a self‑supervised method for low‑dose CT denoising that uses an adaptive inter‑slice matching network to model and correct the label transition between adjacent slices. By ensuring the equal‑mean condition of the Noise2Noise framework, it theoretically matches supervised training with paired noisy‑clean data. The approach also extends effectively to low‑dose cone‑beam CT, outperforming existing image‑domain self‑supervised methods.
The paper introduces a physics‑driven, cross‑domain iterative framework for self‑supervised low‑dose CT denoising. It first uses a learned sinogram prior and the LDCT noise model to separate Poisson and Gaussian noise components, then applies binomial and Gaussian data thinning to create two training pairs with independent noise realizations. These pairs train an image‑domain network whose outputs are forward‑projected to refine the prior, yielding consistent performance gains over existing self‑supervised baselines and comparable results to supervised methods.
X-ray computed tomography reconstruction is an ill-posed inverse problem, particularly in low-dose and sparse-angle settings where measurements are noisy and incomplete. While learned reconstruction methods such as the Learned Primal-Dual algorithm achieve strong performance, they typically rely on supervised training with access to ground-truth data, which is often unavailable in practice.
arXiv:2508.17299v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Low-dose computed tomography (CT) denoising is crucial for reduced radiation exposure while ensuring diagnostically acceptable image quality. Despi...
arXiv:2603.25869v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Self-supervised image denoising methods have traditionally relied on architectural constraints, pseudo-pair constructions, or specialized los...
arXiv:2602. 21987v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Low-dose CT images are essential for reducing radiation exposure in cancer screening, pediatric imaging, and longitudinal monitoring protocols, but their quality is often degraded by noise from low-dose acquisition, patient motion, or scanner limitations, affecting both clinical interpretation and downstream analysis.