CBCT‐based synthetic CT image generation using a diffusion model for CBCT‐guided lung radiotherapy

Author:

Chen Xiaoqian1,Qiu Richard L. J.1,Peng Junbo1,Shelton Joseph W.1,Chang Chih‐Wei1,Yang Xiaofeng1,Kesarwala Aparna H.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiation Oncology Winship Cancer Institute Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundAlthough cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has lower resolution compared to planning CTs (pCT), its lower dose, higher high‐contrast resolution, and shorter scanning time support its widespread use in clinical applications, especially in ensuring accurate patient positioning during the image‐guided radiation therapy (IGRT) process.PurposeWhile CBCT is critical to IGRT, CBCT image quality can be compromised by severe stripe and scattering artifacts. Tumor movement secondary to respiratory motion also decreases CBCT resolution. In order to improve the image quality of CBCT, we propose a Lung Diffusion Model (L‐DM) framework.MethodsOur proposed algorithm is based on a conditional diffusion model trained on pCT and deformed CBCT (dCBCT) image pairs to synthesize lung CT images from dCBCT images and benefit CBCT‐based radiotherapy. dCBCT images were used as the constraint for the L‐DM. The image quality and Hounsfield unit (HU) values of the synthetic CTs (sCT) images generated by the proposed L‐DM were compared to three selected mainstream generation models.ResultsWe verified our model in both an institutional lung cancer dataset and a selected public dataset. Our L‐DM showed significant improvement in the four metrics of mean absolute error (MAE), peak signal‐to‐noise ratio (PSNR), normalized cross‐correlation (NCC), and structural similarity index measure (SSIM). In our institutional dataset, our proposed L‐DM decreased the MAE from 101.47 to 37.87 HU and increased the PSNR from 24.97 to 29.89 dB, the NCC from 0.81 to 0.97, and the SSIM from 0.80 to 0.93. In the public dataset, our proposed L‐DM decreased the MAE from 173.65 to 58.95 HU, while increasing the PSNR, NCC, and SSIM from 13.07 to 24.05 dB, 0.68 to 0.94, and 0.41 to 0.88, respectively.ConclusionsThe proposed L‐DM significantly improved sCT image quality compared to the pre‐correction CBCT and three mainstream generative models. Our model can benefit CBCT‐based IGRT and other potential clinical applications as it increases the HU accuracy and decreases the artifacts from input CBCT images.

Funder

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Publisher

Wiley

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