Communications Biology (Oct 2021)

Development of deep learning-based detecting systems for pathologic myopia using retinal fundus images

  • Li Lu,
  • Enliang Zhou,
  • Wangshu Yu,
  • Bin Chen,
  • Peifang Ren,
  • Qianyi Lu,
  • Dian Qin,
  • Lixian Lu,
  • Qin He,
  • Xuyuan Tang,
  • Miaomiao Zhu,
  • Li Wang,
  • Wei Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02758-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Lu et al. develop a deep-learning based detection system for identifying pathological myopia and myopic macular legions in retinal fundus images. The system performance is comparable to human experts, but much faster, easing the burden of human time on screening for myopia.