• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2140002 (2021)
Gu Zheng1、2、3, Yanfeng Jiang1、2、3, Ce Shi1、2、3, Hanpei Miao1、2、3, Xiangle Yu1、2、3, Yiyi Wang1、2、3, Sisi Chen1、2、3, Zhiyang Lin1、2、3, Weicheng Wang1、2、3, Fan Lu1、2、3、*, and Meixiao Shen1、2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Ophthalmology and Optometry Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
  • 2Eye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
  • 3National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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    DOI: 10.1142/s1793545821400022 Cite this Article
    Gu Zheng, Yanfeng Jiang, Ce Shi, Hanpei Miao, Xiangle Yu, Yiyi Wang, Sisi Chen, Zhiyang Lin, Weicheng Wang, Fan Lu, Meixiao Shen. Deep learning algorithms to segment and quantify the choroidal thickness and vasculature in swept-source optical coherence tomography images[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2021, 14(1): 2140002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Accurate segmentation of choroidal thickness (CT) and vasculature is important to better analyze and understand the choroid-related ocular diseases. In this paper, we proposed and implemented a novel and practical method based on the deep learning algorithms, residual U-Net, to segment and quantify the CT and vasculature automatically. With limited training data and validation data, the residual U-Net was capable of identifying the choroidal boundaries as precise as the manual segmentation compared with an experienced operator. Then, the trained deep learning algorithms was applied to 217 images and six choroidal relevant parameters were extracted, we found high intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) of more than 0.964 between manual and automatic segmentation methods. The automatic method also achieved great reproducibility with ICC greater than 0.913, indicating good consistency of the automatic segmentation method. Our results suggested the deep learning algorithms can accurately and efficiently segment choroid boundaries, which will be helpful to quantify the CT and vasculature.
    Gu Zheng, Yanfeng Jiang, Ce Shi, Hanpei Miao, Xiangle Yu, Yiyi Wang, Sisi Chen, Zhiyang Lin, Weicheng Wang, Fan Lu, Meixiao Shen. Deep learning algorithms to segment and quantify the choroidal thickness and vasculature in swept-source optical coherence tomography images[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2021, 14(1): 2140002
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