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ArticleIEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement2023

SEA-Net: Structure-Enhanced Attention Network for Limited-Angle CBCT Reconstruction of Clinical Projection Data.

Dianlin Hu, Yikun Zhang, Wangyao Li, Weijie Zhang, Krishna Reddy, Qiaoqiao Ding, Xiaoqun Zhang, Yang Chen, Hao Gao

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Dianlin HuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.
Yikun ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.
Wangyao LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.
Weijie ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.
Krishna ReddyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.
Qiaoqiao DingInstitute of Natural Sciences & School of Mathematical Sciences & MOE-LSC & SJTU-GenSci Joint Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Xiaoqun ZhangInstitute of Natural Sciences & School of Mathematical Sciences & MOE-LSC & SJTU-GenSci Joint Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Yang ChenJiangsu Provincial Joint International Research Laboratory of Medical Information Processing, the Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, the School of Computer Science and Engineering, and the Key Laboratory of New Generation Artificial Intelligence Technology and Its Interdisciplinary Applications (Southeast University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210096, China.
Hao GaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.

Funding

Novel Optimization Methods and Treatment Planning System for Clinically-Deliverable Truly-Hybrid Proton-Photon RadiotherapyR37CA250921 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Hao Gao · 2021 to 2026
$2.2M
Simultaneous dose and dose rate optimization for clinical FLASH proton radiotherapyR01CA261964 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI GAO, HAO · 2022 to 2025
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA261964NCI NIH HHS R37 CA250921
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Abstract

This work aims to improve limited-angle (LA) cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) by developing deep learning (DL) methods for real clinical CBCT projection data, which is the first feasibility study of clinical-projection-data-based LA-CBCT, to the best of our knowledge. In radiation therapy (RT), CBCT is routinely used as the on-board imaging modality for patient setup. Compared to diagnostic CT, CBCT has a long acquisition time, e.g., 60 seconds for a full 360° rotation, which is subject to the motion artifact. Therefore, the LA-CBCT, if achievable, is of the great interest for the purpose of RT, for its proportionally reduced scanning time in addition to the radiation dose. However, LA-CBCT suffers from severe wedge artifacts and image distortions. Targeting at real clinical projection data, we have explored various DL methods such as image/data/hybrid-domain methods and finally developed a so-called Structure-Enhanced Attention Network (SEA-Net) method that has the best image quality from clinical projection data among the DL methods we have implemented. Specifically, the proposed SEA-Net employs a specialized structure enhancement sub-network to promote texture preservation. Based on the observation that the distribution of wedge artifacts in reconstruction images is non-uniform, the spatial attention module is utilized to emphasize the relevant regions while ignores the irrelevant ones, which leads to more accurate texture restoration.

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CBCTclinical projection dataLimited angle CTspatial attentionstructure enhancement

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