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¹Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. g.vansoest@erasmusmc.nl

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This study presents a new method to reduce speckle in optical coherence tomography images. Averaging independent speckle patterns from spectral windows significantly lowers noise for quantitative analysis.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Optics
Medical Imaging
Signal Processing

Background:

Speckle noise in optical coherence tomography (OCT) data hinders quantitative analysis.
Existing methods for speckle reduction may compromise image resolution or require complex processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel speckle reduction technique for OCT data.
To enable accurate quantitative analysis of OCT images by mitigating speckle interference.

Main Methods:

A new speckle reduction method operating on individual axial scans is proposed.
The technique utilizes Fourier-domain configurations by subdividing the digitized spectrum into narrower frequency windows.
Averaging independent speckle patterns generated from these windows reduces speckle noise.

Main Results:

The proposed method generates a lower-resolution image with significantly reduced speckle.
The full-resolution image is preserved for qualitative interpretation.
The low-resolution, speckle-reduced image is suitable for parametric imaging and quantitative analysis.

Conclusions:

The introduced speckle reduction technique effectively reduces noise in OCT data.
This method provides a valuable tool for quantitative analysis in intravascular optical frequency domain imaging (IVOFI).
The dual-resolution output (full and reduced speckle) offers flexibility for different applications.