Erschienen in:
01.11.2017 | Microvascular Complications—Retinopathy (JK Sun and PS Silva, Section Editors)
Crowdsourcing and Automated Retinal Image Analysis for Diabetic Retinopathy
verfasst von:
Lucy I. Mudie, Xueyang Wang, David S. Friedman, Christopher J. Brady
Erschienen in:
Current Diabetes Reports
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Ausgabe 11/2017
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Abstract
Purpose of Review
As the number of people with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the USA is expected to increase threefold by 2050, the need to reduce health care costs associated with screening for this treatable disease is ever present. Crowdsourcing and automated retinal image analysis (ARIA) are two areas where new technology has been applied to reduce costs in screening for DR. This paper reviews the current literature surrounding these new technologies.
Recent Findings
Crowdsourcing has high sensitivity for normal vs abnormal images; however, when multiple categories for severity of DR are added, specificity is reduced. ARIAs have higher sensitivity and specificity, and some commercial ARIA programs are already in use. Deep learning enhanced ARIAs appear to offer even more improvement in ARIA grading accuracy.
Summary
The utilization of crowdsourcing and ARIAs may be a key to reducing the time and cost burden of processing images from DR screening.