Computed tomography super-resolution using convolutional neural networks

Haichao Yu, Ding Liu, Honghui Shi, Hanchao Yu, Zhangyang Wang, Xinchao Wang, Brent Cross, Matthew Bramler, Thomas S. Huang

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Abstract

The practical application of Computed Tomography (CT) faces the dilemma between higher image resolution and less X-ray exposure for patients, motivating the research on CT super-resolution (SR). In this paper, we apply state-of-the-art SR techniques to reconstruct CT images using two proposed advanced CT SR models based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and residual learning: a single-slice CT SR network (S-CTSRN), and a multi-slice CT SR network (M-CTSRN). S-CTSRN improves the high-frequency feature extraction by incorporating the residual learning strategy, while M-CTSRN further utilizes the coherence between neighboring CT slices for better SR reconstruction. We evaluate both models on a large-scale CT dataset1, and obtain competitive results both quantitatively and qualitatively.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3944-3948
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509021758
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2017
Event24th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2017 - Beijing, China
Duration: Sep 17 2017Sep 20 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
Volume2017-September
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Other

Other24th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period9/17/179/20/17

Keywords

  • Computed Tomography (CT)
  • Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
  • Medical Image Analysis
  • Residual Learning
  • Super-resolution (SR)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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