Deep Iterative Reconstruction Network Based on Residual Constraint for Low-Dose CT Imaging

Abstract

clinical low X-ray dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanner often induce high intensity strip artifact and spot nosie, compromising diagnoses and intervention plans. Recently, sparsely constrained and network learning-based frameworks have been shown to be efficient in mitigating such issue. In this work, we propose a deep iterative reconstruction network (DIRNet) model with a residual constraint to synergize the advantages of feature learning and image reconstruction to address the LDCT imaging problem. DIR-Net compose by few iteration units, and all iteration units include three different network modules: projection restoration, residual constraint and image update block. DIR-Net is a promising approach for building an end-to-reconstruction mapping strategy and directly obtaining high-quality CT images. Furthermore, LISTA is used to conFigure the network, and the whole network architecture yields improved interpretability. Qualitative and quantitative analysis in test data shown the promising imaging effects of DIR-Net in quantum noise reduction, block artifact removal and tissue detail texture mantian.