Automated cone photoreceptor cell identification in confocal adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope images based on object detection

In this study, an object detection algorithm is used for cone cell identification in confocal adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) images. An effectiveness evaluation of identification using the proposed method reveals precision, recall, and [math]-score of 95.8%, 96.5%, and 96.1%, respectively, considering manual identification as the ground truth. Various object detection and identification results from images with different cone photoreceptor cell distributions further demonstrate the performance of the proposed method. Overall, the proposed method can accurately identify cone photoreceptor cells on confocal adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope images, being comparable to manual identification.
Source: Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research