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ArticleChemical & biomedical imaging2026

Machine-Learning-Based Automated Schlemm's Canal Volumetric Segmentation for Optical Coherence Tomography.

Raymond Fang, Fengyuanshan Xu, Zihang Yan, Cheng Sun, Tsutomu Kume, Alex S Huang, Hao F Zhang

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Article in Chemical & biomedical imaging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Raymond FangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0647-8537
Fengyuanshan XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Zihang YanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Cheng SunDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-0896
Tsutomu KumeDepartment of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.
Alex S HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
Hao F ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.

Funding

Dynamic Variable Aqueous Humor Outflow and Glaucoma Therapies in the Human EyeR01EY030501 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Alex Huang, Hao F Zhang · 2020 to 2026
$3.5M
Clinical glaucoma management enabled by visible-light OCTU01EY033001 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SCHUMAN, JOEL S, ZHANG, HAO F · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Novel ocular imaging and molecular analysis of anterior eye segment for glaucomaR01EY034740 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Tsutomu Kume, Hao F Zhang · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
A Nanocarrier Platform for Targeting Schlemm's Canal CellsR01EY033813 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, MARK, SCOTT, EVAN ALEXANDER · 2022 to 2025
$1.9M
Physical Genomics and Engineering Training ProgramT32GM142604 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BACKMAN, VADIM · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Modeling aqueous humour outfow based on digital twin of the anterior eye imaged by robotic OCTR01EY038008 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, ALEX, ZHANG, HAO F · 2025 to 2025
$1.6M
Anatomical and functional imaging of the conventional outflow pathwayF30EY034033 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FANG, RAYMOND · 2023 to 2024
$97k
NEI NIH HHS F30 EY034033NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030501NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033813NEI NIH HHS R01 EY034740NEI NIH HHS R01 EY038008NEI NIH HHS U01 EY033001NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volumetric segmentation of Schlemm's Canal (SC) in optical coherence tomography (OCT) is time-consuming, creating a barrier to experiments studying glaucoma and the anatomy of the trabecular outflow pathways

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aqueous outflowimage processingmachine learningoptical coherence tomographyoptical imagingSchlemm’s Canalsegmentationvolumetric

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PMCPMC13217338

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