Yuya Kimura, Takeru Q Suyama, Yasuteru Shimamura, Jun Suzuki, Masato Watanabe, Hiroshi Igei, Yuya Otera, Takayuki Kaneko, Maho Suzukawa, Hirotoshi Matsui, Hiroyuki Kudo
This study aimed to assess the subjective and objective image quality of low-dose computed tomography (CT) images processed using a self-supervised denoising algorithm with deep learning. We trained the self-supervised denoising model using low-dose CT images of 40 patients and applied this model to CT images of another 30 patients. Image quality, in terms of noise and edge sharpness, was rated on a 5-point scale by two radiologists. The coefficient of variation, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were calculated...
February 27, 2024: Radiological Physics and Technology