Table 3 Image sharpness values for denoiser comparison at \(20\,\hbox {mGy}\).

From: Self-supervised denoising of grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography

Signal type

Method

EPRa

EPRr

Attenuation coefficient

N2I 4s

\(0.746\pm 0.027\)

\(\mathbf {0.824 \pm 0.019}\)

BM3D

\(\mathbf {0.770 \pm 0.028}\)

\(0.775 \pm 0.024\)

SIR

\(0.683 \pm 0.020\)

\(0.732 \pm 0.023\)

PPR

\(0.764 \pm 0.018\)

\(0.547 \pm 0.029\)

FBP

\(0.749 \pm 0.019\)

\(0.503 \pm 0.034\)

Electron density

N2I 2s

\(0.559 \pm 0.029\)

\(\mathbf {0.679 \pm 0.032}\)

BM3D

\(\mathbf {0.672 \pm 0.034}\)

\(0.470 \pm 0.046\)

SIR

\(0.618 \pm 0.029\)

\(0.592 \pm 0.047\)

PPR

\(0.659 \pm 0.026\)

\(0.223 \pm 0.017\)

FBP

\(0.642 \pm 0.023\)

\(0.202 \pm 0.015\)

  1. Preferable values are marked in bold.