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FILM: finding the location of microaneurysms on the retina

FILM: finding the location of microaneurysms on the retina Diabetes retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading cause of blindness among people suffering from diabetes. It is a lesion based disease which starts off as small red spots on the retina. These small red lesions are known as microaneurysms (MA). These microaneurysms gradually increase in size as the DR progresses, which eventually leads to blindness. Thus, DR can be prevented at a very early stage by eliminating the retinal microaneurysms. However, elimination of MA is a two step process. The first step requires detecting the presence of MA on the retina. The second step involves pinpointing the location of MA on the retina. Even though, these two steps are interdependent, there is no model available that can perform both steps simultaneously. Most of the models perform the first step successfully, while the second step is performed by opthamologists manually. Hence we have proposed an object detection model that integrates the two steps by detecting (first step) and pinpointing (second step) the MA on the retina simultaneously. This would help the opthamologists in directly finding the exact location of MA on the retina, thereby simplifying the process and eliminating any manual intervention. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biomedical Engineering Letters Springer Journals

FILM: finding the location of microaneurysms on the retina

Biomedical Engineering Letters , Volume 9 (4) – Nov 2, 2019

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 by Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering
Subject
Engineering; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics; Biomedicine, general; Medical and Radiation Physics
ISSN
2093-9868
eISSN
2093-985X
DOI
10.1007/s13534-019-00136-6
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Abstract

Diabetes retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading cause of blindness among people suffering from diabetes. It is a lesion based disease which starts off as small red spots on the retina. These small red lesions are known as microaneurysms (MA). These microaneurysms gradually increase in size as the DR progresses, which eventually leads to blindness. Thus, DR can be prevented at a very early stage by eliminating the retinal microaneurysms. However, elimination of MA is a two step process. The first step requires detecting the presence of MA on the retina. The second step involves pinpointing the location of MA on the retina. Even though, these two steps are interdependent, there is no model available that can perform both steps simultaneously. Most of the models perform the first step successfully, while the second step is performed by opthamologists manually. Hence we have proposed an object detection model that integrates the two steps by detecting (first step) and pinpointing (second step) the MA on the retina simultaneously. This would help the opthamologists in directly finding the exact location of MA on the retina, thereby simplifying the process and eliminating any manual intervention.

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Biomedical Engineering LettersSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 2, 2019

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