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arxiv: 2605.17343 · v1 · pith:QSPGTFVEnew · submitted 2026-05-17 · 💻 cs.CV

GraphMAR: Geometry-Aware Graph Learning Framework for Spatially Adaptive CT Metal Artifact Reduction

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keywords CT metal artifact reductiongraph learningmixture of expertsartifact localizationimage domain MARgeometric modelingspatially adaptive processing
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GraphMAR aligns routing maps with geometric density graphs from metal masks to localize and reduce CT artifacts in the image domain

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper develops GraphMAR to reduce metal-induced streaking artifacts in CT scans using only reconstructed images rather than raw projection data. It builds a geometric graph directly from the metal mask to identify regions where artifacts are likely to form based on the relative positions of implants. A graph-routed mixture-of-experts network then processes different spatial areas with specialized sub-networks while aligning its internal routing decisions to the geometric map. The result is both improved restoration and an explicit, readable indication of where and why artifacts were corrected. Readers would care because this makes advanced artifact handling feasible in routine clinical workflows that lack access to sinogram traces.

Core claim

The paper claims that a geometric density graph constructed from the metal mask in the reconstructed image serves as a workable image-domain stand-in for sinogram metal traces, enabling a GraphMoE module to build a polar-coordinate artifact graph in feature space, route experts adaptively across regions, and produce explicit localization by aligning learned routing maps with the geometric prior.

What carries the argument

The geometric density graph derived from inter-implant geometry in the metal mask, which localizes artifact-prone regions, together with GraphMoE, the graph-routed mixture-of-experts module that builds a polar-coordinate artifact graph to adaptively assign experts to different spatial regions.

If this is right

  • Region-adaptive processing yields higher restoration quality than uniform image-domain methods on both simulated and real-world datasets.
  • Alignment of routing maps with the geometric density graph supplies explicit, interpretable artifact localization in the image domain.
  • The framework operates without raw sinogram data, making it applicable to standard clinical reconstructed images.
  • Graph-based modeling introduces a new mechanism for handling spatially varying artifact patterns induced by multiple implants.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same mask-to-graph construction could be tested on artifacts from non-metallic high-density objects such as bone or contrast agents.
  • Routing maps produced by the method could serve as attention priors for other downstream tasks like segmentation in metal-affected regions.
  • Extending the polar-coordinate artifact graph to include temporal information might support correction in dynamic or 4D CT acquisitions.

Load-bearing premise

A geometric graph built solely from the metal mask in the reconstructed image can reliably identify artifact-prone regions without access to the original projection measurements.

What would settle it

A test set of real CT scans with precisely measured metal implant positions where the geometric density graph shows no correspondence to the actual locations or severity of streaking artifacts after reconstruction.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.17343 by Chenglong Ma, Hongming Shan, Huidong Xie, JianNan Liu, Jing Han, Junping Zhang, Yiming Lei, Yi Zhang, Yuanlin Li, Zilong Li.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Illustration of different CT MAR paradigms. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of GraphMAR, which contains multiple GraphMoE modules integrated into the backbone model. First, a polar-coordinate artifact graph is [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: The procedure of constructing the geometric graph and geometric [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Illustration of the polar coordinate and the two types of edges in the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Qualitative comparison of different methods on the DDMAR dataset. Methods that are competitive in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Qualitative comparison of different methods on the simulated dental dataset. Methods that are competitive in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Qualitative comparison of different methods on the real-world dental CT with severe artifacts. Methods that are competitive in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Qualitative comparison of different configurations of GraphMAR in Table [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: shows the artifact attention GA produced by Graph￾MoE, which highlights artifact-affected regions and aligns well with human observation. This provides an interpretable indication of where the model focuses during MAR, improving the reliability of MAR results. Furthermore, GA enables selective restoration that con￾ventional end-to-end MAR methods cannot offer: existing methods process the entire image uni… view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Clinical application of artifact attention. The artifact attention [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_11.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Computed tomography (CT) metal artifact reduction (MAR) aims to reduce the severe streaking artifacts induced by metallic implants and other high-density objects. Effective MAR generally requires both accurate artifact localization and artifact removal. Sinogram-domain methods can exploit explicit geometric cues, such as metal traces, to identify metal-corrupted measurements, while requiring raw projection data, which is often unavailable in clinical and practical scenarios. Image-domain methods are more flexible and widely applicable, yet they usually lack comparable geometric guidance, limiting their ability to localize artifacts and leading to suboptimal results. To address this limitation, we propose GraphMAR, a geometry-aware learning framework for explicit artifact identification and spatially adaptive MAR in the image domain. The key idea is to introduce graph-based geometric modeling as an image-domain analogue of sinogram metal traces. Specifically, we first construct a geometric graph from the metal mask and derive a geometric density graph that coarsely localizes artifact-prone regions according to inter-implant geometry. We then design GraphMoE, a graph-routed mixture-of-experts module that builds a polar-coordinate artifact graph in feature space and adaptively routes different experts to different spatial regions for MAR. By aligning the learned routing maps with the geometric density graph, GraphMAR provides explicit and interpretable artifact localization while enabling region-adaptive artifact reduction. Experiments on both simulated and real-world datasets demonstrate that GraphMAR achieves superior MAR performance compared with existing methods. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to introduce graph-based modeling for CT MAR and to enable explicit artifact identification in the image domain, improving both restoration quality and interpretability.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes GraphMAR, a geometry-aware graph learning framework for CT metal artifact reduction (MAR) in the image domain. It constructs a geometric density graph from the metal mask to localize artifact-prone regions based on inter-implant geometry and introduces the GraphMoE module, which builds a polar-coordinate artifact graph in feature space to adaptively route experts for region-specific artifact reduction. By aligning learned routing maps with the geometric density graph, the method aims to provide explicit and interpretable artifact localization. Experiments on simulated and real-world datasets are claimed to show superior performance over existing methods, positioning it as the first graph-based approach for CT MAR.

Significance. If the results hold, this work could significantly advance image-domain MAR by providing a geometric modeling approach that mimics sinogram-domain cues without needing raw projection data. The explicit interpretability through routing maps aligned with geometric density is a strength, potentially improving both restoration quality and clinical trust. The introduction of graph-based modeling and GraphMoE for adaptive processing represents a novel direction in the field.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and §3] Abstract and §3 (geometric density graph construction): The assumption that a geometric density graph built solely from the metal mask in the reconstructed image serves as a reliable image-domain analogue to sinogram metal traces is load-bearing for the central claim of explicit and interpretable artifact localization. Artifact streaks arise from specific ray paths under CT geometry and polychromatic spectrum; the image-domain graph using only inter-implant distances or densities omits scanner angles, source-detector geometry, and attenuation coefficients. This is least secure for multi-implant or off-center cases, as highlighted by the stress-test concern. A direct validation (e.g., overlap with ground-truth artifact maps from projection data or ablation across implant configurations) is needed to support the claim.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The statement 'to the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to introduce graph-based modeling for CT MAR' requires a more exhaustive related-work discussion to substantiate novelty.
  2. [Experiments] Experiments section: Claims of superior performance should include specific quantitative metrics (e.g., PSNR, SSIM), error bars, statistical significance tests, and ablation studies on the geometric density graph and GraphMoE components.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment of our work and the constructive major comment. We address the concern regarding the geometric density graph point by point below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and §3] Abstract and §3 (geometric density graph construction): The assumption that a geometric density graph built solely from the metal mask in the reconstructed image serves as a reliable image-domain analogue to sinogram metal traces is load-bearing for the central claim of explicit and interpretable artifact localization. Artifact streaks arise from specific ray paths under CT geometry and polychromatic spectrum; the image-domain graph using only inter-implant distances or densities omits scanner angles, source-detector geometry, and attenuation coefficients. This is least secure for multi-implant or off-center cases, as highlighted by the stress-test concern. A direct validation (e.g., overlap with ground-truth artifact maps from projection data or ablation across implant configurations) is needed to support the claim.

    Authors: We thank the referee for this insightful observation. We agree that the geometric density graph is an approximation that encodes inter-implant geometry from the metal mask but does not explicitly incorporate scanner angles, source-detector geometry, or polychromatic effects. Our design choice is motivated by the fact that, in the image domain, streaking artifacts predominantly manifest along paths connecting high-density implants, which the graph structure directly captures via distances and densities. Nevertheless, to strengthen the central claim of explicit localization, we will revise the manuscript to include additional validation experiments on the simulated datasets. These will report quantitative overlap (e.g., Dice or IoU) between the geometric density graph and ground-truth artifact maps derived from projection data, together with ablations across multi-implant and off-center configurations. We believe this will provide the requested direct evidence while preserving the method's applicability to real-world image-only scenarios. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The paper introduces novel components including a geometric density graph constructed from the metal mask, a polar-coordinate artifact graph, and the GraphMoE module. These are defined from the input metal mask and inter-implant geometry without reducing to fitted target quantities or prior self-citations by construction. The central claims rest on explicit modeling choices and experimental results rather than tautological redefinitions or load-bearing self-citations. This is a standard case of a self-contained proposal against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 2 invented entities

The central claim rests on the premise that graph structures derived from metal masks can substitute for sinogram information and on the design of the GraphMoE module; these are introduced without independent external validation in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption A geometric graph derived from the metal mask can coarsely localize artifact-prone regions according to inter-implant geometry
    Invoked as the key idea that enables image-domain analogue to sinogram metal traces.
invented entities (2)
  • geometric density graph no independent evidence
    purpose: Coarsely localizes artifact-prone regions from inter-implant geometry
    New construct derived from metal mask; no independent evidence supplied in abstract.
  • GraphMoE module no independent evidence
    purpose: Builds polar-coordinate artifact graph and adaptively routes experts to spatial regions
    Novel module introduced to achieve region-adaptive MAR; no external validation mentioned.

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