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Machine learning has achieved impressive performance in tomographic reconstruction, but supervised training requires paired measurements and ground-truth images that are often unavailable. This has motivated self-supervised approaches,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Markus Haltmeier , Lukas Neumann , Nadja Gruber , Gyeongha Hwang

In this work we propose a ResNet-based universal method for speckle reduction in optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. The proposed model contains 3 main modules: Convolution-BN-ReLU, Branch and Residual module. Unlike traditional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-25 Cai Ning , Shi Fei , Hu Dianlin , Chen Yang

Ultrasound is a widely used medical tool for non-invasive diagnosis, but its images often contain speckle noise which can lower their resolution and contrast-to-noise ratio. This can make it more difficult to extract, recognize, and analyze…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-06 Suraj Bhute , Subhamoy Mandal , Debashree Guha

The treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) requires continuous eye exams using optical coherence tomography (OCT). The need for treatment is determined by the presence or change of disease-specific OCT-based biomarkers.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Timo Kepp , Helge Sudkamp , Claus von der Burchard , Hendrik Schenke , Peter Koch , Gereon Hüttmann , Johann Roider , Mattias P. Heinrich , Heinz Handels

Purpose: To develop a deep learning approach to de-noise optical coherence tomography (OCT) B-scans of the optic nerve head (ONH). Methods: Volume scans consisting of 97 horizontal B-scans were acquired through the center of the ONH using a…

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables high-resolution and non-invasive 3D imaging of the human retina but is inherently impaired by speckle noise. This paper introduces a spatio-temporal denoising algorithm for OCT data on a B-scan…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Franziska Schirrmacher , Thomas Köhler , Lennart Husvogt , James G. Fujimoto , Joachim Hornegger , Andreas K. Maier

Longitudinal imaging is capable of capturing the static ana\-to\-mi\-cal structures and the dynamic changes of the morphology resulting from aging or disease progression. Self-supervised learning allows to learn new representation from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-25 Antoine Rivail , Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth , Wolf-Dieter Vogl , Sebastian M. Waldstein , Sophie Riedl , Christoph Grechenig , Zhichao Wu , Hrvoje Bogunović

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an important interferometric diagnostic technique which provides cross-sectional views of the subsurface microstructure of biological tissues. However, the imaging quality of high-speed OCT is limited…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Liheng Bian , Jinli Suo , Feng Chen , Qionghai Dai

Automated surface segmentation of retinal layer is important and challenging in analyzing optical coherence tomography (OCT). Recently, many deep learning based methods have been developed for this task and yield remarkable performance.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-07 Hong Liu , Dong Wei , Donghuan Lu , Yuexiang Li , Kai Ma , Liansheng Wang , Yefeng Zheng

Multiple-surface segmentation in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images is a challenge problem, further complicated by the frequent presence of weak image boundaries. Recently, many deep learning (DL) based methods have been developed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-13 Hui Xie , Weiyu Xu , Xiaodong Wu

We present a deep learning framework for volumetric speckle reduction in optical coherence tomography (OCT) based on a conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) that leverages the volumetric nature of OCT data. In order to utilize…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-24 Bhaskara Rao Chintada , Sebastián Ruiz-Lopera , René Restrepo , Brett E. Bouma , Martin Villiger , Néstor Uribe-Patarroyo

This paper demonstrates a self-supervised framework for learning voxel-wise coarse-to-fine representations tailored for dense downstream tasks. Our approach stems from the observation that existing methods for hierarchical representation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Eytan Kats , Jochen G. Hirsch , Mattias P. Heinrich

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has become one of the most used imaging modality in ophthalmology. It provides high-resolution, non-invasive visualization of retinal microarchitecture. The automated analysis of OCT images through…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Hedi Tabia , Désiré Sidibé , Nawres Khlifa , Ahmed Tabia , Ines Rahmany , Noura Aboudi , Zainab Haddad , Hajer Khachnaoui , Hsouna Zgolli

Current self-supervised denoising methods for paired noisy images typically involve mapping one noisy image through the network to the other noisy image. However, after measuring the spectral bias of such methods using our proposed Image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Wang Zhang , Huaqiu Li , Xiaowan Hu , Tao Jiang , Zikang Chen , Haoqian Wang

Deep learning has shown impressive results in reducing noise and artifacts in X-ray computed tomography (CT) reconstruction. Self-supervised CT reconstruction methods are especially appealing for real-world applications because they require…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-06 Dirk Elias Schut , Adriaan Graas , Robert van Liere , Tristan van Leeuwen

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

Reliable automated analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging is crucial for diagnosing retinal disorders but faces a critical barrier: the need for expensive, labor-intensive expert annotations. Supervised deep learning models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Tania Haghighi , Sina Gholami , Hamed Tabkhi , Minhaj Nur Alam

Inverse scattering in optical coherence tomography (OCT) seeks to recover both structural images and intrinsic tissue optical properties, including refractive index, scattering coefficient, and anisotropy. This inverse problem is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Jinglun Yu , Yaning Wang , Wenhan Guo , Yuan Gao , Yu Sun , Jin U. Kang

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a favorable device in the Dermatology discipline due to its moderate resolution and penetration depth. OCT images however contain a grainy pattern, called speckle, due to the use of a broadband…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-04 Elaheh Rashedi , Saba Adabi , Darius Mehregan , Silvia Conforto , Xue-wen Chen

Learning segmentation from noisy labels is an important task for medical image analysis due to the difficulty in acquiring highquality annotations. Most existing methods neglect the pixel correlation and structural prior in segmentation,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-22 Shuailin Li , Zhitong Gao , Xuming He