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Year : 2020 | Volume
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High-contrast scleroconjunctival microvasculature via deep learning denoising
Shin Kadomoto, Akihito Uji, Yuki Muraoka, Akitaka Tsujikawa
Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Date of Web Publication | 23-Sep-2020 |
Correspondence Address: Dr. Akitaka Tsujikawa Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507 Japan
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1079_20
How to cite this article: Kadomoto S, Uji A, Muraoka Y, Tsujikawa A. High-contrast scleroconjunctival microvasculature via deep learning denoising. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:2251 |
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography (AS-OCTA) is a newly developed technique for noninvasive imaging of blood flow, including the scleroconjunctival microvasculature and iris.[1],[2] However, AS-OCTA images frequently have background noise because the OCTA devices were developed specially for retinal imaging. The left eye of a 45-year-old healthy individual of AS-OCTA image [Figure 1]a provides a scleroconjunctival microvasculature with significant background noise. A high-contrast image [Figure 1]b and [Figure 1]c is produced by applying deep learning-based denoising method (Intelligent denoise, Canon, Inc, Tokyo, Japan).[3] Panoramic high-contrast AS-OCTA image [Figure 1]c processed with deep learning-based denoising is useful to evaluate circumferential conjunctival vasculature. | Figure 1: Swept-source anterior segment-optical coherence tomography angiography (AS-OCTA) images (OCT S1: Canon, Inc, Tokyo, Japan). To visualize the conjunctival and deep scleral vessels, a 400-μm thick slab of the conjunctival surface was selected. Seven AS-OCTA images were used to reconstruct a panoramic image.
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1. | Kadomoto S, Uji A, Tsujikawa A. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography in a patient with persistent pupillary membrane. JAMA Ophthalmol2018;136:e182932. |
2. | Akagi T, Uji A, Huang AS, Weinreb RN, Yamada T, Miyata M, et al. Conjunctival and intrascleral vasculatures assessed using anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography in normal eyes. Am J Ophthalmol2018;196:1-9. |
3. | Kadomoto S, Uji A, Muraoka Y, Akagi T, Tsujikawa A. Enhanced visualization of retinal microvasculature in optical coherence tomography angiography imaging via deep learning. J Clin Med2020;9. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051322. |
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