Automated Quantification of Macular Vasculature Changes from OCTA Images of Hematologic Patients

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Abnormal blood compositions can lead to abnormal blood flow which can influence the macular vasculature. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) makes it possible to study the macular vasculature and potential vascular abnormalities induced by hematological disorders. Here, we investigate vascular changes in control subjects and in hematologic patients before and after treatment. Since these changes are small, they are difficult to notice in the OCTA images. To quantify vascular changes, we propose a method for combined capillary registration, dictionary-based segmentation and local density estimation. Using this method, we investigate three patients and five controls, and our results show that we can detect small changes in the vasculature in patients with large changes in blood composition.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Number of pages5
PublisherIEEE
Publication date2020
Pages1987-1991
Article number9098441
ISBN (Electronic)9781538693308
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event17th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2020 - Iowa City, United States
Duration: 3 Apr 20207 Apr 2020

Conference

Conference17th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2020
LandUnited States
ByIowa City
Periode03/04/202007/04/2020
SponsorEMB, IEEE, IEEE Signal Processing Society
SeriesProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Volume2020-April
ISSN1945-7928

    Research areas

  • Microvasculature, OCTA, Quantification

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