Unpaired intra-operative OCT (iOCT) video super-resolution with contrastive learning

BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS(2024)

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Abstract
Regenerative therapies show promise in reversing sight loss caused by degenerative eye diseases. Their precise subretinal delivery can be facilitated by robotic systems alongside with Intra-operative Optical Coherence Tomography (iOCT). However, iOCT's real-time retinal layer information is compromised by inferior image quality. To address this limitation, we introduce an unpaired video super -resolution methodology for iOCT quality enhancement. A recurrent network is proposed to leverage temporal information from iOCT sequences, and spatial information from pre -operatively acquired OCT images. Additionally, a patchwise contrastive loss enables unpaired super -resolution. Extensive quantitative analysis demonstrates that our approach outperforms existing state-of-the-art iOCT super -resolution models. Furthermore, ablation studies showcase the importance of temporal aggregation and contrastive loss in elevating iOCT quality. A qualitative study involving expert clinicians also confirms this improvement. The comprehensive evaluation demonstrates our method's potential to enhance the iOCT image quality, thereby facilitating successful guidance for regenerative therapies. Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
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