Improving functional correlation of quantification of interstitial lung disease by reducing the vendor difference of CT using generative adversarial network (GAN) style conversion.

Journal: European journal of radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether CT style conversion between different CT vendors using a routable generative adversarial network (RouteGAN) could minimize variation in ILD quantification, resulting in improved functional correlation of quantitative CT (QCT) measures.

Authors

  • Jooae Choe
    Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • Hye Jeon Hwang
    Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Min Seon Kim
    Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea.
  • Jong Chul Ye
  • Gyutaek Oh
  • Sang Min Lee
    Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • Jihye Yun
    Department of Convergence Medicine, Biomedical Engineering Research Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-Ro 43-Gil Songpa-Gu, Seoul 05505, South Korea.
  • Ho Yun Lee
    Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. hoyunlee96@gmail.com.
  • Joo Sung Sun
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
  • Seulgi You
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
  • Jaeyoun Yi
    Coreline Soft, Co., Ltd., Sung-Myung B/D 5F, World Cup buk-ro 6-gil 49, Mapo-Gu, Seoul 03991, South Korea.
  • Joon Beom Seo
    Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.