To facilitate the training of GAN models for various tasks involving OCT images, we utilized our previously trained residual encoder-decoder (ResUNet) model to generate choroid masks \cite{ibrahim2022volumetric}. Only scans with accurate choroid segmentation, as assessed by an expert grader, were included in the analysis. In particular, 1000 EDI-OCT B-scans from 70 volumes of healthy and AMD subjects as well as 1750 SS-OCT B-scans from 90 volumes of healthy, AMD, and CSCR subjects are graded as good segmentations. Subsequently, the inner (CIB) and outer (COB) boundaries of the choroid, determined based on the choroidal masks, were overlaid onto the B-scans using red (CIB) and blue (COB) color markings. Figure~\ref{fig:DataPrepStep2} illustrates the choroid mask obtained using the ResUNet model, along with the B-scan displaying choroid boundaries marked in red (CIB) and blue (COB). We utilized OCT B-scans and their corresponding choroid boundary-labeled image pairs (CIB-red and COB-blue) as the ground truth. For training the deep learning models, noting the computational complexity, we considered randomly chosen small subsets of 100 EDI-OCT B-scans as well as 100 SS-OCT B-scans. Further, for testing, we considered another 500 EDI and 500 SS-OCT B-scans from the same set of volume scans.
