Physics-Based iOCT Sonification for Real-time Interaction Awareness in Subretinal Injection
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| author | Vargas, Luis D. Reyes Ruozzi, Veronica Ross, Andrea K. M. Dehghani, Shervin Sommersperger, Michael Faridpooya, Koorosh Nasseri, Mohammad Ali Fairhurst, Merle Navab, Nassir Matinfar, Sasan |
| author_facet | Vargas, Luis D. Reyes Ruozzi, Veronica Ross, Andrea K. M. Dehghani, Shervin Sommersperger, Michael Faridpooya, Koorosh Nasseri, Mohammad Ali Fairhurst, Merle Navab, Nassir Matinfar, Sasan |
| contents | Subretinal injection is a delicate vitreoretinal procedure requiring precise needle placement within the subretinal space while avoiding perforation of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a layer directly beneath the target with extremely limited regenerative capacity. To enhance depth perception during cannula advancement, intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) offers high-resolution cross-sectional visualization of needle-tissue interaction; however, interpreting these images requires sustained visual attention alongside the en face microscope view, thereby increasing cognitive load during critical phases and placing additional demands on the surgeon's proprioceptive control. In this paper, we propose a structured, real-time sonification framework designed for extensible mapping of iOCT-derived anatomical features into perceptual auditory feedback. The method employs a physics-inspired acoustic model driven by segmented retinal layers from a stream of iOCT B-scans, with needle motion and injection-induced retinal layer displacements serving as excitation inputs to the sound model, enabling perception of tool position and retinal deformation. In a controlled user study (n=34), the proposed sonification achieved high retinal layer identification accuracy and robust detection of retinal deformation-related events, significantly outperforming a state-of-the-art baseline in overall event identification (83.4% vs. 60.6%, p < 0.001), with gains driven primarily by enhanced detection of injection-induced retinal deformation. Evaluation by experts (n=4) confirmed the clinical relevance and potential intraoperative applicability of the method. These results establish structured iOCT sonification as a viable complementary modality for real-time surgical guidance in subretinal injection. |
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| spellingShingle | Physics-Based iOCT Sonification for Real-time Interaction Awareness in Subretinal Injection Vargas, Luis D. Reyes Ruozzi, Veronica Ross, Andrea K. M. Dehghani, Shervin Sommersperger, Michael Faridpooya, Koorosh Nasseri, Mohammad Ali Fairhurst, Merle Navab, Nassir Matinfar, Sasan Sound Human-Computer Interaction Image and Video Processing Subretinal injection is a delicate vitreoretinal procedure requiring precise needle placement within the subretinal space while avoiding perforation of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a layer directly beneath the target with extremely limited regenerative capacity. To enhance depth perception during cannula advancement, intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) offers high-resolution cross-sectional visualization of needle-tissue interaction; however, interpreting these images requires sustained visual attention alongside the en face microscope view, thereby increasing cognitive load during critical phases and placing additional demands on the surgeon's proprioceptive control. In this paper, we propose a structured, real-time sonification framework designed for extensible mapping of iOCT-derived anatomical features into perceptual auditory feedback. The method employs a physics-inspired acoustic model driven by segmented retinal layers from a stream of iOCT B-scans, with needle motion and injection-induced retinal layer displacements serving as excitation inputs to the sound model, enabling perception of tool position and retinal deformation. In a controlled user study (n=34), the proposed sonification achieved high retinal layer identification accuracy and robust detection of retinal deformation-related events, significantly outperforming a state-of-the-art baseline in overall event identification (83.4% vs. 60.6%, p < 0.001), with gains driven primarily by enhanced detection of injection-induced retinal deformation. Evaluation by experts (n=4) confirmed the clinical relevance and potential intraoperative applicability of the method. These results establish structured iOCT sonification as a viable complementary modality for real-time surgical guidance in subretinal injection. |
| title | Physics-Based iOCT Sonification for Real-time Interaction Awareness in Subretinal Injection |
| topic | Sound Human-Computer Interaction Image and Video Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14500 |