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This study introduces a novel Cycle-RCDC-GAN model to improve Cone-Beam CT (CBCT) image quality for radiotherapy. The enhanced model generates synthetic CT (sCT) images with better accuracy and generalizability than previous methods.

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  • Medical Imaging
  • Radiotherapy Physics
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Background:

  • Cone-Beam CT (CBCT) images suffer from artifacts and inaccurate Hounsfield Unit (HU) values, limiting their direct use in radiotherapy dose calculations.
  • High-quality synthetic CT (sCT) images are crucial for accurate dose planning when using CBCT data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a Cycle-RCDC-GAN model for generating high-fidelity sCT images from CBCT data.
  • To assess the generalizability of the proposed model across different anatomical regions (pelvis and head/neck).

Main Methods:

  • A Cycle-GAN architecture was enhanced with dilated convolutions and a cycle-residual connection (Cycle-RCDC-GAN).
  • The model was trained and validated using CBCT data from 30 pelvic and 55 head and neck cancer patients.
  • Model performance was evaluated using metrics including Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), and Spatial Nonuniformity (SNU).

Main Results:

  • Cycle-RCDC-GAN significantly improved image quality metrics compared to standard CBCT images (e.g., MAE reduced from 28.81 to 18.48, SSIM improved from 0.981 to 0.989).
  • The proposed model demonstrated superior performance over the standard Cycle-GAN in generating sCT images.
  • Experiments confirmed better generalizability of Cycle-RCDC-GAN when applied across different patient datasets (pelvis to head/neck and vice versa) compared to Cycle-GAN.

Conclusions:

  • Cycle-RCDC-GAN effectively enhances CBCT image quality, producing more accurate sCT images suitable for radiotherapy dose calculations.
  • The model exhibits improved generalizability, making it a promising tool for broader clinical application in radiotherapy planning.