UOPSL: Unpaired OCT Predilection Sites Learning for Fundus Image Diagnosis Augmentation

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Hauptverfasser: Zhao, Zhihao, Zhao, Yinzheng, Yang, Junjie, Yao, Xiangtong, Liang, Quanmin, Zapp, Daniel, Huang, Kai, Navab, Nassir, Nasseri, M. Ali
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author Zhao, Zhihao
Zhao, Yinzheng
Yang, Junjie
Yao, Xiangtong
Liang, Quanmin
Zapp, Daniel
Huang, Kai
Navab, Nassir
Nasseri, M. Ali
author_facet Zhao, Zhihao
Zhao, Yinzheng
Yang, Junjie
Yao, Xiangtong
Liang, Quanmin
Zapp, Daniel
Huang, Kai
Navab, Nassir
Nasseri, M. Ali
contents Significant advancements in AI-driven multimodal medical image diagnosis have led to substantial improvements in ophthalmic disease identification in recent years. However, acquiring paired multimodal ophthalmic images remains prohibitively expensive. While fundus photography is simple and cost-effective, the limited availability of OCT data and inherent modality imbalance hinder further progress. Conventional approaches that rely solely on fundus or textual features often fail to capture fine-grained spatial information, as each imaging modality provides distinct cues about lesion predilection sites. In this study, we propose a novel unpaired multimodal framework \UOPSL that utilizes extensive OCT-derived spatial priors to dynamically identify predilection sites, enhancing fundus image-based disease recognition. Our approach bridges unpaired fundus and OCTs via extended disease text descriptions. Initially, we employ contrastive learning on a large corpus of unpaired OCT and fundus images while simultaneously learning the predilection sites matrix in the OCT latent space. Through extensive optimization, this matrix captures lesion localization patterns within the OCT feature space. During the fine-tuning or inference phase of the downstream classification task based solely on fundus images, where paired OCT data is unavailable, we eliminate OCT input and utilize the predilection sites matrix to assist in fundus image classification learning. Extensive experiments conducted on 9 diverse datasets across 28 critical categories demonstrate that our framework outperforms existing benchmarks.
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spellingShingle UOPSL: Unpaired OCT Predilection Sites Learning for Fundus Image Diagnosis Augmentation
Zhao, Zhihao
Zhao, Yinzheng
Yang, Junjie
Yao, Xiangtong
Liang, Quanmin
Zapp, Daniel
Huang, Kai
Navab, Nassir
Nasseri, M. Ali
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
I.4.10
Significant advancements in AI-driven multimodal medical image diagnosis have led to substantial improvements in ophthalmic disease identification in recent years. However, acquiring paired multimodal ophthalmic images remains prohibitively expensive. While fundus photography is simple and cost-effective, the limited availability of OCT data and inherent modality imbalance hinder further progress. Conventional approaches that rely solely on fundus or textual features often fail to capture fine-grained spatial information, as each imaging modality provides distinct cues about lesion predilection sites. In this study, we propose a novel unpaired multimodal framework \UOPSL that utilizes extensive OCT-derived spatial priors to dynamically identify predilection sites, enhancing fundus image-based disease recognition. Our approach bridges unpaired fundus and OCTs via extended disease text descriptions. Initially, we employ contrastive learning on a large corpus of unpaired OCT and fundus images while simultaneously learning the predilection sites matrix in the OCT latent space. Through extensive optimization, this matrix captures lesion localization patterns within the OCT feature space. During the fine-tuning or inference phase of the downstream classification task based solely on fundus images, where paired OCT data is unavailable, we eliminate OCT input and utilize the predilection sites matrix to assist in fundus image classification learning. Extensive experiments conducted on 9 diverse datasets across 28 critical categories demonstrate that our framework outperforms existing benchmarks.
title UOPSL: Unpaired OCT Predilection Sites Learning for Fundus Image Diagnosis Augmentation
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
I.4.10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08624