Improved digital chest tomosynthesis image quality by use of a projection-based dual-energy virtual monochromatic convolutional neural network with super resolution

Tsutomu Gomi; Hidetake Hara; Yusuke Watanabe; Shinya Mizukami

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244745

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Improved digital chest tomosynthesis image quality by use of a projection-based dual-energy virtual monochromatic convolutional neural network with super resolution

Tsutomu Gomi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gomi@kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-714X

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Hidetake Hara,

Roles Software

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yusuke Watanabe,

Roles Validation

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Shinya Mizukami

Roles Visualization

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Improved digital chest tomosynthesis image quality by use of a projection-based dual-energy virtual monochromatic convolutional neural network with super resolution

Tsutomu Gomi,
Hidetake Hara,
Yusuke Watanabe,
Shinya Mizukami

Published: December 31, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244745

About the Authors

Tsutomu Gomi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gomi@kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-714X

Hidetake Hara

Roles Software

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Watanabe

Roles Validation

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Shinya Mizukami

Roles Visualization

Affiliation School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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