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High-Performance, Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Jetson Orin Nano for Real-Time Control and Image Processing.

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Wang, W; Miller, DA; Price, HB; Yang, X; Brown, WJ; Wax, A
Published in: Translational vision science & technology
March 2025

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an indispensable tool for the detection and analysis of diseased retinal tissue. Recent advances in reducing the size and cost of OCT systems have aimed at expanding their use for new applications and settings, such as serving as a screening tool at the point of care or in low-resource areas. Here, we report on the development of a compact, low-cost OCT system that offers significantly improved performance while also further reducing cost and system size.A high-performance OCT system was realized by leveraging graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated parallel processing in a system on module, the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, integrated into a low-cost OCT system. Instrument performance for retinal imaging was benchmarked against current low-cost OCT systems.A fivefold increase in processing speed was obtained for the Jetson-powered low-cost OCT without loss of image quality. The compact and low-cost nature of the system was preserved while its volume was reduced by 67% and computing cost was reduced by 22%.The advance in imaging performance can significantly expand the accessibility and clinical utility of low-cost OCT systems.Implementation of the system on module computer improved the computational performance without compromising the cost or size of low-cost OCT systems, which will accelerate the application of low-cost OCT to clinical use.

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Translational vision science & technology

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2164-2591

ISSN

2164-2591

Publication Date

March 2025

Volume

14

Issue

3

Start / End Page

24

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Retina
  • Nanotechnology
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Humans
  • Equipment Design
  • 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
 

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Wang, W., Miller, D. A., Price, H. B., Yang, X., Brown, W. J., & Wax, A. (2025). High-Performance, Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Jetson Orin Nano for Real-Time Control and Image Processing. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 14(3), 24. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.14.3.24
Wang, Wan, David A. Miller, Hillel B. Price, Xiangyue Yang, William J. Brown, and Adam Wax. “High-Performance, Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Jetson Orin Nano for Real-Time Control and Image Processing.Translational Vision Science & Technology 14, no. 3 (March 2025): 24. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.14.3.24.
Wang W, Miller DA, Price HB, Yang X, Brown WJ, Wax A. High-Performance, Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Jetson Orin Nano for Real-Time Control and Image Processing. Translational vision science & technology. 2025 Mar;14(3):24.
Wang, Wan, et al. “High-Performance, Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Jetson Orin Nano for Real-Time Control and Image Processing.Translational Vision Science & Technology, vol. 14, no. 3, Mar. 2025, p. 24. Epmc, doi:10.1167/tvst.14.3.24.
Wang W, Miller DA, Price HB, Yang X, Brown WJ, Wax A. High-Performance, Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Jetson Orin Nano for Real-Time Control and Image Processing. Translational vision science & technology. 2025 Mar;14(3):24.

Published In

Translational vision science & technology

DOI

EISSN

2164-2591

ISSN

2164-2591

Publication Date

March 2025

Volume

14

Issue

3

Start / End Page

24

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Retina
  • Nanotechnology
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Humans
  • Equipment Design
  • 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering