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- Title
Transfer learning-based attenuation correction for static and dynamic cardiac PET using a generative adversarial network.
- Authors
Sun, Hao; Wang, Fanghu; Yang, Yuling; Hong, Xiaotong; Xu, Weiping; Wang, Shuxia; Mok, Greta S. P.; Lu, Lijun
- Abstract
Purpose: The goal of this work is to demonstrate the feasibility of directly generating attenuation-corrected PET images from non-attenuation-corrected (NAC) PET images for both rest and stress-state static or dynamic [13N]ammonia MP PET based on a generative adversarial network. Methods: We recruited 60 subjects for rest-only scans and 14 subjects for rest-stress scans, all of whom underwent [13N]ammonia cardiac PET/CT examinations to acquire static and dynamic frames with both 3D NAC and CT-based AC (CTAC) PET images. We developed a 3D pix2pix deep learning AC (DLAC) framework via a U-net + ResNet-based generator and a convolutional neural network-based discriminator. Paired static or dynamic NAC and CTAC PET images from 60 rest-only subjects were used as network inputs and labels for static (S-DLAC) and dynamic (D-DLAC) training, respectively. The pre-trained S-DLAC network was then fine-tuned by paired dynamic NAC and CTAC PET frames of 60 rest-only subjects to derive an improved D-DLAC-FT for dynamic PET images. The 14 rest-stress subjects were used as an internal testing dataset and separately tested on different network models without training. The proposed methods were evaluated using visual quality and quantitative metrics. Results: The proposed S-DLAC, D-DLAC, and D-DLAC-FT methods were consistent with clinical CTAC in terms of various images and quantitative metrics. The S-DLAC (slope = 0.9423, R2 = 0.947) showed a higher correlation with the reference static CTAC as compared to static NAC (slope = 0.0992, R2 = 0.654). D-DLAC-FT yielded lower myocardial blood flow (MBF) errors in the whole left ventricular myocardium than D-DLAC, but with no significant difference, both for the 60 rest-state subjects (6.63 ± 5.05% vs. 7.00 ± 6.84%, p = 0.7593) and the 14 stress-state subjects (1.97 ± 2.28% vs. 3.21 ± 3.89%, p = 0.8595). Conclusion: The proposed S-DLAC, D-DLAC, and D-DLAC-FT methods achieve comparable performance with clinical CTAC. Transfer learning shows promising potential for dynamic MP PET.
- Subjects
GENERATIVE adversarial networks; MYOCARDIAL perfusion imaging; POSITRON emission tomography; BLOOD flow
- Publication
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 2023, Vol 50, Issue 12, p3630
- ISSN
1619-7070
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00259-023-06343-9