Wavelet analysis enables system-independent texture analysis of optical coherence tomography images

Colleen A. Lingley-Papadopoulos; Murray H. Loew; Jason M. Zara

doi:10.1117/1.3171943

1 July 2009 Wavelet analysis enables system-independent texture analysis of optical coherence tomography images

Colleen A. Lingley-Papadopoulos, Murray H. Loew, Jason M. Zara

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 4, 044010 (July 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3171943

Abstract

Texture analysis for tissue characterization is a current area of optical coherence tomography (OCT) research. We discuss some of the differences between OCT systems and the effects those differences have on the resulting images and subsequent image analysis. In addition, as an example, two algorithms for the automatic recognition of bladder cancer are compared: one that was developed on a single system with no consideration for system differences, and one that was developed to address the issues associated with system differences. The first algorithm had a sensitivity of 73% and specificity of 69% when tested using leave-one-out cross-validation on data taken from a single system. When tested on images from another system with a different central wavelength, however, the method classified all images as cancerous regardless of the true pathology. By contrast, with the use of wavelet analysis and the removal of system-dependent features, the second algorithm reported sensitivity and specificity values of 87 and 58%, respectively, when trained on images taken with one imaging system and tested on images taken with another.

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Colleen A. Lingley-Papadopoulos, Murray H. Loew, and Jason M. Zara "Wavelet analysis enables system-independent texture analysis of optical coherence tomography images," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(4), 044010 (1 July 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3171943

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