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Deep-Learning-Based Algorithm for the Removal of Electromagnetic Interference Noise in Photoacoustic Endoscopic Image Processing

Author(s)
Gulenko, OleksandraYang, HyunmoKim, KiSikYoum, Jin YoungKim , MinjaeKim, YunhoJung, WoonggyuYang, Joon-Mo
Issued Date
2022-05
DOI
10.3390/s22103961
URI
https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/58555
Fulltext
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/10/3961
Citation
SENSORS, v.22, no.10, pp.3961
Abstract
Despite all the expectations for photoacoustic endoscopy (PAE), there are still several technical issues that must be resolved before the technique can be successfully translated into clinics. Among these, electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise, in addition to the limited signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), have hindered the rapid development of related technologies. Unlike endoscopic ultrasound, in which the SNR can be increased by simply applying a higher pulsing voltage, there is a fundamental limitation in leveraging the SNR of PAE signals because they are mostly determined by the optical pulse energy applied, which must be within the safety limits. Moreover, a typical PAE hardware situation requires a wide separation between the ultrasonic sensor and the amplifier, meaning that it is not easy to build an ideal PAE system that would be unaffected by EMI noise. With the intention of expediting the progress of related research, in this study, we investigated the feasibility of deep-learning-based EMI noise removal involved in PAE image processing. In particular, we selected four fully convolutional neural network architectures, U-Net, Segnet, FCN-16s, and FCN-8s, and observed that a modified U-Net architecture outperformed the other architectures in the EMI noise removal. Classical filter methods were also compared to confirm the superiority of the deep-learning-based approach. Still, it was by the U-Net architecture that we were able to successfully produce a denoised 3D vasculature map that could even depict the mesh-like capillary networks distributed in the wall of a rat colorectum. As the development of a low-cost laser diode or LED-based photoacoustic tomography (PAT) system is now emerging as one of the important topics in PAT, we expect that the presented AI strategy for the removal of EMI noise could be broadly applicable to many areas of PAT, in which the ability to apply a hardware-based prevention method is limited and thus EMI noise appears more prominently due to poor SNR.
Publisher
MDPI
ISSN
1424-8220
Keyword (Author)
electromagnetic interference noisenoise removalconvolutional neural networkimage-to-image regressiondeep learningphotoacoustic tomographyphotoacoustic microscopyphotoacoustic endoscopymicrovasculature visualization
Keyword
IN-VIVOOPTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHYNEURAL-NETWORKSEGMENTATIONREDUCTIONSYSTEM

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