Optical coherence tomography is routinely used clinically for the detection and management of ocular diseases as well as in research where the studies may involve animals. This routine use requires that the developed automated segmentation methods not only be accurate and reliable, but also be adaptable to meet new requirements. We have previously proposed the use of a graph-theoretic approach for the automated 3-D segmentation of multiple retinal surfaces in volumetric human SD-OCT scans. The method ensures the global optimality of the set of surfaces with respect to a cost function. Cost functions have thus far been typically designed by ...
In accordance with this disclosure, methods, systems, and computer readable media for synthetic wavelength-based phase unwrapping in optical coherence tomography are provided. Synthetic wavelength phase unwrapping can be applied to OCT data and can correctly resolve sample motions that are larger than .lamda..sub.o/2. A method for phase unwrapping of an OCT signal can include acquiring raw OCT signal data, interpolating and processing the OCT signal data to obtain a DC spectrum, comparing the raw OCT signal data to the DC spectrum to generate an interference signal, applying Gaussian windows to the interference signal to generate a two ...
Purpose To identify subgroups of primary angle-closure suspects (PACS) based on anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and biometric parameters. Design Cross-sectional study. Participants We evaluated 243 PACS subjects in the primary group and 165 subjects in the validation group. Methods Participants underwent gonioscopy and AS-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA). Customized software (Zhongshan Angle Assessment Program, Guangzhou, China) was used to measure AS-OCT parameters. An agglomerative hierarchical clustering method was first used to determine the optimum number of parameters to be included in the determination of subgroups. The best number of subgroups was then determined using Akaike Information Criterion ...
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