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  • E-ISSN2508-7894
  • KCI

Effectiveness of Noise Reduction in LDCT Images Based on SRCNN

Korean Journal of Artificial Intelligence / Korean Journal of Artificial Intelligence, (E)2508-7894
2024, v.12 no.4, pp.21-26
https://doi.org/10.24225/kjai.2024.12.4.21
Doo Bin KIM (Cheju Halla University)
Hyun MEE PARK (National Medical Center)
Sang Hoon JOON (National Medical Center)
Joo Wan HONG (Eulji University)

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the performance of noise reduction in LDCT images using an SRCNN based AI model. Using the Lungman phantom, images of effective mAs 72 recommended by AAPM and effective mAs 709 without using the AEC function were acquired. SRCNN model input image used a GT, label image and GT image was used as a low-resolution image. Image evaluation was conducted in the lung apex, middle level lung, and carina of trachea regions, and PSNR, SSIM, SSIM error map, SNR, MSE, and RMSE were used as evaluation indices are based on label image. Lung apex results showed increase of 19.52, 29.69 and 23.8%, and decreased of 71.37, 46.43% respectively. Middle level lung results showed increase of 20.99, 20.0 and 26.26%, and decreased of 72.67, 47.72% respectively. Carina of trachea results showed increase of 22.05, 32.31 and 28.18%, and decreased of 73.93, 48.93% respectively. Image evaluation results were improvement in image quality due to noise reduction was confirmed using the SRCNN based AI model. Therefore, confirmed that applying the SRCNN to LDCT images can improve image quality by reducing noise, and it is considered that AI based post processing will be useful for CT images without AI.

keywords
LDCT, SRCNN, Noise, Denoising, PSNR
Submission Date
2024-10-17
Revised Date
2024-10-30
Accepted Date
2024-12-05

Korean Journal of Artificial Intelligence