Automated diagnosing primary open-angle glaucoma from fundus image by simulating human's grading with deep learning.

TitleAutomated diagnosing primary open-angle glaucoma from fundus image by simulating human's grading with deep learning.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsLin M, Hou B, Liu L, Gordon M, Kass M, Wang F, Van Tassel SH, Peng Y
JournalSci Rep
Volume12
Issue1
Pagination14080
Date Published2022 08 18
ISSN2045-2322
KeywordsDeep Learning, Glaucoma, Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Humans, Intraocular Pressure, Ocular Hypertension, Visual Field Tests
Abstract

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Although deep learning methods have been proposed to diagnose POAG, it remains challenging to develop a robust and explainable algorithm to automatically facilitate the downstream diagnostic tasks. In this study, we present an automated classification algorithm, GlaucomaNet, to identify POAG using variable fundus photographs from different populations and settings. GlaucomaNet consists of two convolutional neural networks to simulate the human grading process: learning the discriminative features and fusing the features for grading. We evaluated GlaucomaNet on two datasets: Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) participants and the Large-scale Attention-based Glaucoma (LAG) dataset. GlaucomaNet achieved the highest AUC of 0.904 and 0.997 for POAG diagnosis on OHTS and LAG datasets. An ensemble of network architectures further improved diagnostic accuracy. By simulating the human grading process, GlaucomaNet demonstrated high accuracy with increased transparency in POAG diagnosis (comprehensiveness scores of 97% and 36%). These methods also address two well-known challenges in the field: the need for increased image data diversity and relying heavily on perimetry for POAG diagnosis. These results highlight the potential of deep learning to assist and enhance clinical POAG diagnosis. GlaucomaNet is publicly available on https://github.com/bionlplab/GlaucomaNet .

DOI10.1038/s41598-022-17753-4
Alternate JournalSci Rep
PubMed ID35982106
PubMed Central IDPMC9388536
Grant ListUG1 EY025180 / EY / NEI NIH HHS / United States
UG1 EY025183 / EY / NEI NIH HHS / United States
4R00LM013001 / LM / NLM NIH HHS / United States
P30 EY002687 / EY / NEI NIH HHS / United States