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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) is a non-invasive imaging technique, and has been increasingly used to image the retinal vasculature at capillary level resolution. However, automated segmentation of retinal vessels in OCT-A…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-10 Yuhui Ma , Huaying Hao , Huazhu Fu , Jiong Zhang , Jianlong Yang , Jiang Liu , Yalin Zheng , Yitian Zhao

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a novel non-invasive imaging technique that allows visualizations of vasculature and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) across retinal layers. Clinical researches suggest that the morphology and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-14 Li Lin , Zhonghua Wang , Jiewei Wu , Yijin Huang , Junyan Lyu , Pujin Cheng , Jiong Wu , Xiaoying Tang

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has been established as a powerful tool for investigating vascular diseases and is expected to become a standard of care technology. However, its widespread clinical usage is hindered by…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-09-10 Si Chen , Kan Lin , Linbo Liu

Purpose: This study explores the feasibility of using generative machine learning (ML) to translate Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images into Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) images, potentially bypassing the need for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Rashadul Hasan Badhon , Atalie Carina Thompson , Jennifer I. Lim , Theodore Leng , Minhaj Nur Alam

As a non-invasive imaging modality, optical coherence tomography (OCT) can provide micrometer-resolution 3D images of retinal structures. Therefore it is commonly used in the diagnosis of retinal diseases associated with edema in and under…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-16 Donghuan Lu , Morgan Heisler , Sieun Lee , Gavin Ding , Marinko V. Sarunic , Mirza Faisal Beg

Segmentation of blood vessels in murine cerebral 3D OCTA images is foundational for in vivo quantitative analysis of the effects of neurovascular disorders, such as stroke or Alzheimer's, on the vascular network. However, to accurately…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-13 Bastian Wittmann , Lukas Glandorf , Johannes C. Paetzold , Tamaz Amiranashvili , Thomas Wälchli , Daniel Razansky , Bjoern Menze

In the analysis of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images, the operation of segmenting specific targets is necessary. Existing methods typically train on supervised datasets with limited samples (approximately a few…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Chengliang Wang , Xinrun Chen , Haojian Ning , Shiying Li

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful and noninvasive method for retinal imaging. In this paper, we introduce a fast segmentation method based on a new variant of spectral graph theory named diffusion maps. The research is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-10-09 Raheleh Kafieh , Hossein Rabbani , Michael D. Abramoff , Milan Sonka

Retinal neovascularization (RNV) is a vision threatening development in diabetic retinopathy (DR). Vision loss associated with RNV is preventable with timely intervention, making RNV clinical screening and monitoring a priority. Optical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Jinyi Hao , Jie Wang , Liqin Gao , Tristan T. Hormel , Yukun Guo , An-Lun Wu , Christina J. Flaxel , Steven T. Bailey , Kotaro Tsuboi , Thomas S. Hwang , Yali Jia

Accurate cerebrovascular segmentation from Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) and Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) is of great significance in diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular pathology. Due to the complexity and topology…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-22 Zhanqiang Guo , Yao Luan , Jianjiang Feng , Wangsheng Lu , Yin Yin , Guangming Yang , Jie Zhou

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique widely used for ophthalmology. It can be extended to OCT angiography (OCT-A), which reveals the retinal vasculature with improved contrast. Recent deep learning…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-12 Dewei Hu , Can Cui , Hao Li , Kathleen E. Larson , Yuankai K. Tao , Ipek Oguz

The area of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) from en face images of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is one of the most common measurement based on this technology. However, its use in clinic is limited by the high variation…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-07 Giovanni Ometto , Giovanni Montesano , Usha Chakravarthy , Frank Kee , Ruth E. Hogg , David P. Crabb

Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) and its derived en-face projections provide high-resolution visualization of the retinal and choroidal vasculature, which is critical for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of retinal diseases.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Pooya Khosravi , Kun Han , Anthony T. Wu , Arghavan Rezvani , Zexin Feng , Xiaohui Xie

Automated detection of retinal structures, such as retinal vessels (RV), the foveal avascular zone (FAZ), and retinal vascular junctions (RVJ), are of great importance for understanding diseases of the eye and clinical decision-making. In…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-24 Jinkui Hao , Ting Shen , Xueli Zhu , Yonghuai Liu , Ardhendu Behera , Dan Zhang , Bang Chen , Jiang Liu , Jiong Zhang , Yitian Zhao

Automatic quantification of perifoveal vessel densities in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) images face challenges such as variable intra- and inter-image signal to noise ratios, projection artefacts from outer vasculature…

Purpose: We proposed a deep convolutional neural network (CNN), named Retinal Fluid Segmentation Network (ReF-Net) to segment volumetric retinal fluid on optical coherence tomography (OCT) volume. Methods: 3 x 3-mm OCT scans were acquired…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-28 Yukun Guo , Tristan T. Hormel , Honglian Xiong , Jie Wang , Thomas S. Hwang , Yali Jia

This study is to demonstrate deep learning for automated artery-vein (AV) classification in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). The AV-Net, a fully convolutional network (FCN) based on modified U-shaped CNN architecture,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Minhaj Alam , David Le , Taeyoon Son , Jennifer I. Lim , Xincheng Yao

Automated vascular segmentation on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is important for the quantitative analyses of retinal microvasculature in neuroretinal and systemic diseases. Despite recent improvements, artifacts continue…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-22 Yih-Cherng Lee , Ling Yeung

Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) enables high-resolution visualization of coronary vessel anatomy but presents challenges due to noise, imaging artifacts, and complex tissue structures. This paper proposes a fully automated…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Amal Lahchim , Lambros Athanasiou

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is one of the most emerging imaging modalities that has been used widely in the field of biomedical imaging. From its emergence in 1990's, plenty of hardware and software improvements have been made. Its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-11-18 Ahmadreza Baghaie , Roshan M. D'souza , Zeyun Yu