Nature Communications (May 2021)

A deep learning system for detecting diabetic retinopathy across the disease spectrum

  • Ling Dai,
  • Liang Wu,
  • Huating Li,
  • Chun Cai,
  • Qiang Wu,
  • Hongyu Kong,
  • Ruhan Liu,
  • Xiangning Wang,
  • Xuhong Hou,
  • Yuexing Liu,
  • Xiaoxue Long,
  • Yang Wen,
  • Lina Lu,
  • Yaxin Shen,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Dinggang Shen,
  • Xiaokang Yang,
  • Haidong Zou,
  • Bin Sheng,
  • Weiping Jia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23458-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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As the leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults, diabetic retinopathy requires routinely retinal screening. Here the authors develop a deep learning system that can facilitate the screening by providing real-time image quality assessment, lesions detection, and grades across the disease spectrum.