Automated detection of age-related macular degeneration in color fundus photography: A systematic review

The rising prevalence of age-related eye diseases, particularly age-related macular degeneration (AMD), places an ever-increasing burden on healthcare providers. As new treatments emerge, it is necessary to develop methods for reliably assessing patients ’ disease status and stratifying risk of progression. The presence of drusen in the retina represents a key early feature where size, number and morphology are thought to correlate significantly with risk of progression to sight-threatening AMD. Manual labelling of drusen on color fundus photograp hs by a human is labor intensive and is where automatic computerised detection would appreciably aid patient care.
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Diagnostic and surgical techniques Source Type: research