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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an imaging modality that has been widely adopted for visualizing corneal, retinal and limbal tissue structure with micron resolution. It can be used to diagnose pathological conditions of the eye, and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-08 Jiahong Ouyang , Tejas Sudharshan Mathai , Kira Lathrop , John Galeotti

In some medical imaging tasks and other settings where only small parts of the image are informative for the classification task, traditional CNNs can sometimes struggle to generalise. Manually annotated Regions of Interest (ROI) are…

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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…

This paper presents a two-stage method for beam hardening artifact correction of dental cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT). The proposed artifact reduction method is designed to improve the quality of maxillofacial imaging, where soft…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-10-09 T. Bayaraa , C. M. Hyun , T. J. Jang , S. M. Lee , J. K. Seo

Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) enables noninvasive retinal imaging in uncooperative or pediatric subjects, but is highly susceptible to motion artifacts that severely degrade volumetric image quality. Sudden motion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Nick DiSanto , Ehsan Khodapanah Aghdam , Han Liu , Jacob Watson , Yuankai K. Tao , Hao Li , Ipek Oguz

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive, micrometer-scale imaging modality that has become a clinical standard in ophthalmology. By raster-scanning the retina, sequential cross-sectional image slices are acquired to generate…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-20 Stefan Ploner , Jungeun Won , Julia Schottenhamml , Jessica Girgis , Kenneth Lam , Nadia Waheed , James Fujimoto , Andreas Maier

Accurate quantification in positron emission tomography (PET) is essential for accurate diagnostic results and effective treatment tracking. A major issue encountered in PET imaging is attenuation. Attenuation refers to the diminution of…

Traditionally, pathological analysis and diagnosis are performed by manually eyeballing glass slide specimens under a microscope by an expert. The whole slide image is the digital specimen produced from the glass slide. Whole slide image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-14 Galib Muhammad Shahriar Himel

At the present time Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is among the most commonly used non-invasive imaging methods for the acquisition of large volumetric scans of human retinal tissues and vasculature. To resolve decisive information from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-02 D. Sitenko , B. Boll , C. Schnörr

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a novel non-invasive imaging modality for the visualisation of microvasculature in vivo that has encountered broad adoption in retinal research. OCTA potential in the assessment of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Ylenia Giarratano , Eleonora Bianchi , Calum Gray , Andrew Morris , Tom MacGillivray , Baljean Dhillon , Miguel O. Bernabeu

Medical images may contain various types of artifacts with different patterns and mixtures, which depend on many factors such as scan setting, machine condition, patients' characteristics, surrounding environment, etc. However, existing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-26 Yu-Jen Chen , Yen-Jung Chang , Shao-Cheng Wen , Yiyu Shi , Xiaowei Xu , Tsung-Yi Ho , Meiping Huang , Haiyun Yuan , Jian Zhuang

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a prevalent imaging technique for retina. However, it is affected by multiplicative speckle noise that can degrade the visibility of essential anatomical structures, including blood vessels and tissue…

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Histopathological analysis is crucial in artery characterization for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, histology requires an invasive and time-consuming process. In this paper, we propose to generate virtual histology staining using…

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Targeted diagnosis and treatment plans for patients with coronary artery disease vary according to atherosclerotic plaque component. Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is widely used for artery imaging and determining the stenosis degree.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-14 Jun Li , Kexin Li , Yafeng Zhou , S. Kevin Zhou

Large-volume optical coherence tomography (OCT)-setups employ scanning mirrors and suffer from non-linear geometric distortion artifacts in which the degree of distortion is determined by the maximum angles over which the mirrors rotate. In…

This is a preprint. The latest version has been published here: https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ryai.230275 Purpose: Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) is an effective way to reduce dose by lowering the total number of views acquired,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-09 Johannes Thalhammer , Manuel Schultheiss , Tina Dorosti , Tobias Lasser , Franz Pfeiffer , Daniela Pfeiffer , Florian Schaff

Purpose: Middle ear infection is the most prevalent inflammatory disease, especially among the pediatric population. Current diagnostic methods are subjective and depend on visual cues from an otoscope, which is limited for otologists to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Peng Liu , Jonas Golde , Joseph Morgenstern , Sebastian Bodenstedt , Chenpan Li , Yujia Hu , Zhaoyu Chen , Edmund Koch , Marcus Neudert , Stefanie Speidel

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique with extensive clinical applications in ophthalmology. OCT enables the visualization of the retinal layers, playing a vital role in the early detection and monitoring of…

It is well known that electroencephalograms (EEGs) often contain artifacts due to muscle activity, eye blinks, and various other causes. Detecting such artifacts is an essential first step toward a correct interpretation of EEGs. Although…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-05 Wei Yan Peh , Yuanyuan Yao , Justin Dauwels

To analyze this characteristic of vulnerability, we developed an automated deep learning method for detecting microvessels in intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) images. A total of 8,403 IVOCT image frames from 85 lesions and…