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After Symmetric Normalization-based registration, multiple Pix2Pix-based configurations with attention mechanisms and a composite loss function were developed. Using quantitative metrics including mean absolute error (MAE), mean squared error (MSE), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), and structural similarity index measure (SSIM), ablation experiments identified the optimal model, which outperformed Pix2Pix, CycleGAN, and Brownian bridge diffusion model (BBDM). Finally, synthetic CECT (SCECT) images were applied in radiomics analysis to predict histological grade (low-grade), Lauren classification (diffuse type), and T stage (T3\u2013T4), thereby demonstrating the feasibility of the framework.\n                    <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    The proposed model significantly outperformed Pix2Pix, CycleGAN, and BBDM on internal and external test sets, as evidenced by quantitative metrics such as MAE, MSE, PSNR, and SSIM. 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