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Self-fusion for OCT noise reduction.

Ipek Oguz¹, Joseph D Malone¹, Yigit Atay¹

¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Proceedings of Spie--The International Society for Optical Engineering

|December 7, 2021

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A new self-fusion method effectively reduces speckle noise in retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. This approach achieves deep learning-level results without requiring external training data, improving image quality for assessment.

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Image Processing
Ophthalmology

Background:

Speckle noise reduction is crucial for accurate retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) image analysis.
Conventional methods provide limited noise reduction, while deep learning requires extensive training datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel self-fusion technique for effective speckle noise reduction in OCT images.
To demonstrate performance comparable to deep learning methods without external data.

Main Methods:

Development of a self-fusion algorithm for speckle noise suppression.
Application and evaluation on diverse retinal OCT datasets (fovea, optic nerve head).
Assessment across varying signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions.

Main Results:

The self-fusion method achieved significant speckle reduction.
Performance was quantitatively and qualitatively comparable to deep learning approaches.
Effective noise reduction was observed across different retinal regions and SNR levels.

Conclusions:

The proposed self-fusion method offers a powerful, data-efficient solution for speckle noise reduction in OCT imaging.
This technique enhances image quality for both visual inspection and automated analysis in ophthalmology.