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ArticleScientific reports2024

Deep learning-based label-free imaging of lymphatics and aqueous veins in the eye using optical coherence tomography.

Peijun Gong, Xiaolan Tang, Junying Chen, Haijun You, Yuxing Wang, Paula K Yu, Dao-Yi Yu, Barry Cense

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Peijun GongKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China. peijun.gong@uwa.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-1888-2438
Xiaolan TangSchool of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Junying ChenSchool of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. jychense@scut.edu.cn.
Haijun YouSchool of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Yuxing WangKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
Paula K YuCentre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.
Dao-Yi YuCentre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.
Barry CenseDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7164-8053
Lions Eye Institute · AUMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNThe University of Western Australia · AUMinistry of Education · BDZhejiang University · CN

Funding

Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) 2020/RA/1/486/2465National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61802130National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022H1D3A2A0109644511Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2019A1515012152Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2021A1515012651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate an adaptation of deep learning for label-free imaging of the micro-scale lymphatic vessels and aqueous veins in the eye using optical coherence tomography (OCT). The proposed deep learning-based OCT lymphangiography (DL-OCTL) method was trained, validated and tested, using OCT scans (23 volumetric scans comprising 19,736 B-scans) from 11 fresh ex vivo porcine eyes with the corresponding vessel labels generated by a conventional OCT lymphangiography (OCTL) method based on thresholding with attenuation compensation. Compared to conventional OCTL, the DL-OCTL method demonstrates comparable results for imaging lymphatics and aqueous veins in the eye, with an Intersection over Union value of 0.79 ± 0.071 (mean ± standard deviation). In addition, DL-OCTL mitigates the imaging artifacts in conventional OCTL where the OCT signal modelling was corrupted by the tissue heterogeneity, provides ~ 10 times faster processing based on a rough comparison and does not require OCT-related knowledge for correct implementation as in conventional OCTL. With these favorable features, DL-OCTL promises to improve the practicality of OCTL for label-free imaging of lymphatics and aqueous veins for preclinical and clinical imaging applications.

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Deep LearningLymphatic VesselsAnimalsEyeLymphographySwineTomography, Optical Coherence

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