Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 22, 221005(2020)

Rotating Kernel Transformation Denoising Algorithm Based on Wavelet Transform in Photothermal Optical Coherence Tomography

Weiyuan Huang1, Jiayi Wu1, Hanhong Ren1, Nanshou Wu1, Bo Wei1, and Zhilie Tang1,2、*
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  • 1School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
  • 2Exemplary Center for Experiment Teaching of Basic Courses in Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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    In view of the different types of speckle noise in the photothermal optical coherence tomography (PT-OCT) three-dimensional image, an improved rotating kernel algorithm is used to suppress them. First, the PT-OCT images are decomposed by wavelet, and four sub-images with different frequency bands are obtained. Then, the foreground and background of the low-frequency approximation sub-images are separated by the maximum between-class variance algorithm, and the segmented enhancement is performed. The improved RKT algorithm is used to filter the high frequency detailed images in horizontal, vertical and diagonal directions respectively. Finally, the low frequency approximate image and the high frequency detail image after three rotating core filtering are linearly enhanced, and then reconstructed to obtain the de-noised image. The proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the speckle noise between vessels in PT-OCT images for angiographic cross section images of brain and other complex tissues and section tomography images at different depths. Compared with the classical RKT algorithm, the square-root mean error is reduced by 27.16 on average, and the average peak signal-to-noise ratio is increased by 3.68dB, which can improve the quality of angiography imaging.

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    Weiyuan Huang, Jiayi Wu, Hanhong Ren, Nanshou Wu, Bo Wei, Zhilie Tang. Rotating Kernel Transformation Denoising Algorithm Based on Wavelet Transform in Photothermal Optical Coherence Tomography[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(22): 221005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Feb. 3, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 30, 2020

    Published Online: Nov. 3, 2020

    The Author Email: Tang Zhilie (tangzhl@scun.cdu.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.221005

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