MEDnet, a neural network for automated detection of avascular area in OCT angiography
Screening and assessing diabetic retinopathy (DR) are essential for reducing morbidity associated with diabetes. Macular ischemia is known to correlate with the severity of retinopathy. Recent studies have shown that optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), with intrinsic contrast from blood...
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| Published in: | Biomedical optics express Vol. 9; no. 11; pp. 5147 - 5158 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
Optical Society of America
01.11.2018
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| ISSN: | 2156-7085, 2156-7085 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Screening and assessing diabetic retinopathy (DR) are essential for reducing morbidity associated with diabetes. Macular ischemia is known to correlate with the severity of retinopathy. Recent studies have shown that optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), with intrinsic contrast from blood flow motion, is well suited for quantified analysis of the avascular area, which is potentially a useful biomarker in DR. In this study, we propose the first deep learning solution to segment the avascular area in OCTA of DR. The network design consists of a multi-scaled encoder-decoder neural network (MEDnet) to detect the non-perfusion area in 6 × 6 mm
and in ultra-wide field retinal angiograms. Avascular areas were effectively detected in DR subjects of various disease stages as well as in the foveal avascular zone of healthy subjects. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2156-7085 2156-7085 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/BOE.9.005147 |