As in other imaging modalities, noise decreases image quality in optical coherence tomography (OCT), which is especially problematic in real-time intra-surgical application, where multi-frame averaging is not available. In this work, we present an adapted self-supervised training approach to train a blind-spot denoising network for OCT data. With the proposed method, the stability of the method is improved, avoiding the occurrence of artifacts by increasing realism of training data. We show that using this approach, the quality of two-dimensional B-scans can be improved qualitatively and quantitatively even without paired training data. This improvement is also translated into live volumetric renderings composed of denoised two-dimensional scans, even when using only very small network complexities due to harsh time constraints.
Noise decreases image quality in optical coherence tomography (OCT) and can obscure important features in real-time visualizations. In this work, we show that a neural network can be applied to denoise volumetric OCT data for intra-surgical visualization in real-time. We adapt a self-supervised training approach, not requiring any paired data for training. Several optimizations and trade-offs in deployment are required, with which we achieved processing times of only few milliseconds. While still being limited by the real-time requirements, denoising in this scenario can enhance surface visibility, and therefore allow guidance for more precise intra-surgical maneuvers.
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