Intra-operative OCT (iOCT) Super Resolution: A Two-Stage Methodology Leveraging High Quality Pre-operative OCT Scans

Charalampos Komninos*, Theodoros Pissas, Blanca Flores, Edward Bloch, Tom Vercauteren, Sébastien Ourselin, Lyndon Da Cruz, Christos Bergeles

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Abstract

Regenerative therapies have recently shown potential in restoring sight lost due to degenerative diseases. Their efficacy requires precise intra-retinal delivery, which can be achieved by robotic systems accompanied by high quality visualization of retinal layers. Intra-operative Optical Coherence Tomography (iOCT) captures cross-sectional retinal images in real-time but with image quality that is inadequate for intra-retinal therapy delivery. This paper proposes a two-stage super-resolution methodology that enhances the image quality of the low resolution (LR) iOCT images leveraging information from pre-operatively acquired high-resolution (HR) OCT (preOCT) images. First, we learn the degradation process from HR to LR domain through CycleGAN and use it to generate pseudo iOCT (LR) images from the HR preOCT ones. Then, we train a Pix2Pix model on the pairs of pseudo iOCT and preOCT to learn the super-resolution mapping. Quantitative analysis using both full-reference and no-reference image quality metrics demonstrates that our approach clearly outperforms the learning-based state-of-the art techniques with statistical significance. Achieving iOCT image quality comparable to preOCT quality can help this medical imaging modality be established in vitreoretinal surgery, without requiring expensive hardware-related system updates.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Workshop on Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis
Subtitle of host publicationOMIA 2022: Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis
EditorsBhavna Antony, Huazhu Fu, Cecilia S. Lee, Tom MacGillivray, Yanwu Xu, Yalin Zheng
PublisherSpringer, Cham
Pages105-114
Number of pages10
Volume13576
ISBN (Electronic)9783031165252
ISBN (Print)9783031165245
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2022
Event9th International Workshop on Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis, OMIA 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 22 Sept 202222 Sept 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13576 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Workshop on Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis, OMIA 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period22/09/202222/09/2022

Keywords

  • Image quality
  • iOCT
  • Super-resolution

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