Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
In optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), vessels exhibit tail artifacts beneath them in B-scan images. These superficial vessel tails cast shadows on deeper vascular layers, significantly degrading image quality. Current artifact suppression methods often require complex algorithms and ex...
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| description | In optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), vessels exhibit tail artifacts beneath them in B-scan images. These superficial vessel tails cast shadows on deeper vascular layers, significantly degrading image quality. Current artifact suppression methods often require complex algorithms and extensive computation, limiting their practicality. To address this, we propose a computationally efficient image processing technique that simultaneously reduces artifacts to advance clinical OCTA applications. Our method integrates OCT structural images and OCTA images, and selectively enhances the blood-vessel wall interface, using vessel wall signals as markers for vascular positioning, achieving shorter tail artifacts with minimal processing overhead. Experiment results demonstrate that our approach requires only one-tenth of the computation time of traditional cmOCTA techniques, showing more significant speed improvements compared to other artifact suppression methods. Moreover, our method achieves effective artifact suppression comparable to conventional artifact removal methods at this high speed. Experimental validation using palm vasculature demonstrates the potential of our approach for real-time imaging and suggests that it may support clinical scenarios requiring timely feedback. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6d2a275bdd5f4e98a13d9cfac9b2c17b2025-08-25T23:18:10ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011314497514498110.1109/ACCESS.2025.359918011126059Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography AngiographyWenxin Zhang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0568-7369Jun Pan1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7546-3463Shiqi Tang2https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8589-6473Ning Liu3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-3199College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, ChinaIn optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), vessels exhibit tail artifacts beneath them in B-scan images. These superficial vessel tails cast shadows on deeper vascular layers, significantly degrading image quality. Current artifact suppression methods often require complex algorithms and extensive computation, limiting their practicality. To address this, we propose a computationally efficient image processing technique that simultaneously reduces artifacts to advance clinical OCTA applications. Our method integrates OCT structural images and OCTA images, and selectively enhances the blood-vessel wall interface, using vessel wall signals as markers for vascular positioning, achieving shorter tail artifacts with minimal processing overhead. Experiment results demonstrate that our approach requires only one-tenth of the computation time of traditional cmOCTA techniques, showing more significant speed improvements compared to other artifact suppression methods. Moreover, our method achieves effective artifact suppression comparable to conventional artifact removal methods at this high speed. Experimental validation using palm vasculature demonstrates the potential of our approach for real-time imaging and suggests that it may support clinical scenarios requiring timely feedback.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11126059/Artifact reductioncomputational efficiencyoptical coherence tomography angiography |
| spellingShingle | Wenxin Zhang Jun Pan Shiqi Tang Ning Liu Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography IEEE Access Artifact reduction computational efficiency optical coherence tomography angiography |
| title | Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography |
| title_full | Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography |
| title_fullStr | Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography |
| title_short | Computationally Efficient Artifact Suppression for Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography |
| title_sort | computationally efficient artifact suppression for optical coherence tomography angiography |
| topic | Artifact reduction computational efficiency optical coherence tomography angiography |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11126059/ |
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