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US09095281B2 Segmentation and enhanced visualization techniques for full-range fourier domain optical coherence tomography
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全范围傅立叶变换光学相干断层扫描的分割和增强的可视化技术
- Patent Title: Segmentation and enhanced visualization techniques for full-range fourier domain optical coherence tomography
- Patent Title (中): 全范围傅立叶变换光学相干断层扫描的分割和增强的可视化技术
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Application No.: US13761404Application Date: 2013-02-07
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Publication No.: US09095281B2Publication Date: 2015-08-04
- Inventor: Utkarsh Sharma , Homayoun Bagherinia
- Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Dublin
- Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Dublin
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: A61B3/14
- IPC: A61B3/14 ; A61B3/00 ; A61B3/10 ; G01B9/02 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
Presented here are new processing techniques for optical coherence tomography (OCT) data that allow for improved visualization and use of full-range OCT images. These techniques minimize the central line artifact and the complex conjugate artifact without requiring additional system hardware or significantly increasing post-processing time. The central line artifact is minimized by normalizing each A-scan to account for ripples at the zero-delay position. The complex conjugate artifact is minimized by segmentation of a layer or layers that cross the zero-delay position, and in some embodiments by further segmentation of other surfaces based on the segmentation of the initial layer or layers. The segmentation information is then used to selectively attenuate the complex conjugate image. It may also be used for other purposes, such as dewarping.
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