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Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) permits visualization of the changes to the retinal circulation due to diabetic retinopathy (DR), a microvascular complication of diabetes. We demonstrate accurate segmentation of the vascular morphology for the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep vascular complex (DVC) using a convolutional neural network (CNN) for quantitative analysis.
The main CNN training dataset consisted of retinal OCT-A with a 6 × 6-mm field of view (FOV), acquired using a Zeiss PlexElite. Multiple-volume acquisition and averaging enhanced the vasculature contrast used for constructing the ground truth for neural network training. We used transfer learning from a CNN trained on smaller FOVs of the SCP acquired using different OCT instruments. Quantitative analysis of perfusion was performed on the resulting automated vasculature segmentations in representative patients with DR.
The automated segmentations of the OCT-A images maintained the distinct morphologies of the SCP and DVC. The network segmented the SCP with an accuracy and Dice index of 0.8599 and 0.8618, respectively, and 0.7986 and 0.8139, respectively, for the DVC. The inter-rater comparisons for the SCP had an accuracy and Dice index of 0.8300 and 0.6700, respectively, and 0.6874 and 0.7416, respectively, for the DVC.
Transfer learning reduces the amount of manually annotated images required while producing high-quality automatic segmentations of the SCP and DVC that exceed inter-rater comparisons. The resulting intercapillary area quantification provides a tool for in-depth clinical analysis of retinal perfusion.
Accurate retinal microvasculature segmentation with the CNN results in improved perfusion analysis in diabetic retinopathy.
Accurate retinal microvasculature segmentation with the CNN results in improved perfusion analysis in diabetic retinopathy.
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of fluorescein angiography (FA) images in a convolutional neural network (CNN) in the management of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
The dataset involved a total of 835 FA images of 149 eyes (90 patients), where each eye was associated with a binary outcome (57 "untreated" eyes and 92 "treated"; 308 "untreated" images, 527 "treated"). The resolution of the images was 1600 and 1200 px in 20% of cases, whereas the remaining 80% had a resolution of 640 and 480 px. All the images were resized to 640 and 480 px before training and no other preprocessing was applied. A CNN with four convolutional layers was trained on 90% of the images (
= 752) randomly chosen. The accuracy of the prediction was assessed on the remaining 10% of images (
= 83). Keras version 2.2.0 for R with Tensorflow backend version 1.11.0 was used for the analysis.
The validation accuracy after 100 epochs was 0.88, whereas training accuracy was 0.97. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) presented an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.91.
Our study showed, we believe for the first time, the applicability of artificial intelligence (CNN) technology in the ROP management driven by FA. Further studies are needed to exploit different fields of applications of this technology.
This algorithm is the basis for a system that could be applied to both ROP as well as experimental oxygen induced retinopathy.
This algorithm is the basis for a system that could be applied to both ROP as well as experimental oxygen induced retinopathy.
To test the feasibility of using deep learning for optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) detection of diabetic retinopathy.
A deep-learning convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture, VGG16, was employed for this study. A transfer learning process was implemented to retrain the CNN for robust OCTA classification. One dataset, consisting of images of 32 healthy eyes, 75 eyes with diabetic retinopathy (DR), and 24 eyes with diabetes but no DR (NoDR), was used for training and cross-validation. A second dataset consisting of 20 NoDR and 26 DR eyes was used for external validation. To demonstrate the feasibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) screening of DR in clinical environments, the CNN was incorporated into a graphical user interface (GUI) platform.
With the last nine layers retrained, the CNN architecture achieved the best performance for automated OCTA classification. The cross-validation accuracy of the retrained classifier for differentiating among healthy, NoDR, and DR eyes was 87.27%, with 83.76% sensitivity and 90.82% specificity. The AUC metrics for binary classification of healthy, NoDR, and DR eyes were 0.97, 0.98, and 0.97, respectively. The GUI platform enabled easy validation of the method for AI screening of DR in a clinical environment.
With a transfer learning process for retraining, a CNN can be used for robust OCTA classification of healthy, NoDR, and DR eyes. The AI-based OCTA classification platform may provide a practical solution to reducing the burden of experienced ophthalmologists with regard to mass screening of DR patients.
Deep-learning-based OCTA classification can alleviate the need for manual graders and improve DR screening efficiency.
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