Systems, methods, and devices for optical coherence tomography multiple enface angiography averaging

Abstract

The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for improving optical coherence tomography machine outputs through multiple enface optical coherence tomography angiography averaging techniques. The embodiments disclosed herein can be utilized in ophthalmology for employing optical coherence tomography (OCT) for in vivo visualization of blood vessels and the flow of blood in an eye of a patient, which is also known generally as optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). The embodiments disclosed herein can use linear registration, affine registration and/or elastic registration to align a plurality of optical coherence tomography angiography images or videos at corresponding superficial vascular layers having well-defined features or landmarks, and to apply the same linear registration, affine registration and/or elastic registration settings and/or data to corresponding deeper tissue layers, such as the choriocapillaris, which generally do not have well-defined features or landmarks, in order to align a plurality of corresponding deeper tissue layers for the purpose of averaging the images or video to produce a clearer and more accurate image or video of the tissue structure at deeper tissue layers.