Predictive Multi-Landmark OCT Tracking for Increased Motion Robustness

Abstract: Optical coherence tomography is a promising modality for markerless motion tracking due to its high spatial resolution and inherent depth perception. However, existing OCT-based tracking approaches are limited in terms of trackable velocity, particularly when multiple landmarks are tracked sequentially for 6D pose estimation. In this work, we present a predictive tracking approach that propagates positional updates between multiple tracked landmarks to obtain a global pose prediction. This enables more robust tracking under high velocities. Our results demonstrate RMSEs below 1 mm for velocities up to 100 mm/s and up to nine consecutively tracked landmarks, highlighting the potential of global motion propagation and prediction for improving the robustness of OCT-based tracking.