Real-time topology-aware M-mode OCT segmentation for robotic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) guidance

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02798v1
• Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:58:04 GMT
• Title: Real-time topology-aware M-mode OCT segmentation for robotic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) guidance
• Authors: Rosalinda Xiong, Jinglun Yu, Yaning Wang, Ziyi Huang, Jin U. Kang,
• Abstract summary: We present a lightweight, topology aware M-mode segmentation pipeline based on UNeXt.<n>The proposed system achieves end to end throughput exceeding 80 Hz measured over the complete preprocessing inference overlay pipeline.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Robotic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) requires accurate real time depth feedback to approach Descemet's membrane (DM) without perforation. M-mode intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides high temporal resolution depth traces, but speckle noise, attenuation, and instrument induced shadowing often result in discontinuous or ambiguous layer interfaces that challenge anatomically consistent segmentation at deployment frame rates. We present a lightweight, topology aware M-mode segmentation pipeline based on UNeXt that incorporates anatomical topology regularization to stabilize boundary continuity and layer ordering under low signal to noise ratio conditions. The proposed system achieves end to end throughput exceeding 80 Hz measured over the complete preprocessing inference overlay pipeline on a single GPU, demonstrating practical real time guidance beyond model only timing. This operating margin provides temporal headroom to reject low quality or dropout frames while maintaining a stable effective depth update rate. Evaluation on a standard rabbit eye M-mode dataset using an established baseline protocol shows improved qualitative boundary stability compared with topology agnostic controls, while preserving deployable real time performance.

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