AI Medical Compendium Journal:
Radiological physics and technology

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A CT-free deep-learning-based attenuation and scatter correction for copper-64 PET in different time-point scans.

Radiological physics and technology
This study aimed to develop and evaluate a deep-learning model for attenuation and scatter correction in whole-body 64Cu-based PET imaging. A swinUNETR model was implemented using the MONAI framework. Whole-body PET-nonAC and PET-CTAC image pairs wer...

Scatter and beam hardening effect corrections in pelvic region cone beam CT images using a convolutional neural network.

Radiological physics and technology
The aim of this study is to remove scattered photons and beam hardening effect in cone beam CT (CBCT) images and make an image available for treatment planning. To remove scattered photons and beam hardening effect, a convolutional neural network (CN...

Breast cancer classification based on breast tissue structures using the Jigsaw puzzle task in self-supervised learning.

Radiological physics and technology
Self-supervised learning (SSL) has gained attention in the medical field as a deep learning approach utilizing unlabeled data. The Jigsaw puzzle task in SSL enables models to learn both features of images and the positional relationships within image...

Computerized classification method for significant coronary artery stenosis on whole-heart coronary MRA using 3D convolutional neural networks with attention mechanisms.

Radiological physics and technology
This study aims to develop a computerized classification method for significant coronary artery stenosis on whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (WHCMRA) images using a 3D convolutional neural network (3D-CNN) with attention mechanisms...

Anomaly detection scheme for lung CT images using vector quantized variational auto-encoder with support vector data description.

Radiological physics and technology
This study aims to develop an anomaly-detection scheme for lesions in CT images. Our database consists of lung CT images obtained from 1500 examinees. It includes 1200 normal and 300 abnormal cases. In this study, SVDD (Support Vector Data Descriptio...

Deep learning-based approach for acquisition time reduction in ventilation SPECT in patients after lung transplantation.

Radiological physics and technology
We aimed to evaluate the image quality and diagnostic performance of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) with lung ventilation single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images acquired briefly using a convolutional neural network (CNN)...

An updated overview of radiomics-based artificial intelligence (AI) methods in breast cancer screening and diagnosis.

Radiological physics and technology
Current imaging methods for diagnosing breast cancer (BC) are associated with limited sensitivity and specificity and modest positive predictive power. The recent progress in image analysis using artificial intelligence (AI) has created great promise...

Effect of deep learning reconstruction on the assessment of pancreatic cystic lesions using computed tomography.

Radiological physics and technology
This study aimed to compare the image quality and detection performance of pancreatic cystic lesions between computed tomography (CT) images reconstructed by deep learning reconstruction (DLR) and filtered back projection (FBP). This retrospective st...

Development of deep learning-based novel auto-segmentation for the prostatic urethra on planning CT images for prostate cancer radiotherapy.

Radiological physics and technology
Urinary toxicities are one of the serious complications of radiotherapy for prostate cancer, and dose-volume histogram of prostatic urethra has been associated with such toxicities in previous reports. Previous research has focused on estimating the ...

Two-step optimization for accelerating deep image prior-based PET image reconstruction.

Radiological physics and technology
Deep learning, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), has advanced positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction. However, it requires extensive, high-quality training datasets. Unsupervised learning methods, such as deep image ...