Three-dimensional continuous max flow optimization-based serous retinal detachment segmentation in SD-OCT for central serous chorioretinopathy

Assessment of serous retinal detachment plays an important role in the diagnosis of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). In this paper, we propose an automatic, three-dimensional segmentation method to detect both neurosensory retinal detachment (NRD) and pigment epithelial detachment (PED) in spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images. The proposed method involves constructing a probability map from training samples using random forest classification. The probability map is constructed from a linear combination of structural texture, intensity, and layer thickness information. Then, a continuous max flow optimization algorithm is applied to the probability map to segment the retinal detachment-associated fluid regions. Experimental results from 37 retinal SD-OCT volumes from cases of CSC demonstrate the proposed method can achieve a true positive volume fraction (TPVF), false positive volume fraction (FPVF), positive predicative value (PPV), and dice similarity coefficient (DSC) of 92.1%, 0.53%, 94.7%, and 93.3%, respectively, for NRD segmentation and 92.5%, 0.14%, 80.9%, and 84.6%, respectively, for PED segmentation. The proposed method can be an automatic tool to evaluate serous retinal detachment and has the potential to improve the clinical evaluation of CSC.