Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Preventing corneal blindness caused by keratitis using artificial intelligence

  • Zhongwen Li,
  • Jiewei Jiang,
  • Kuan Chen,
  • Qianqian Chen,
  • Qinxiang Zheng,
  • Xiaotian Liu,
  • Hongfei Weng,
  • Shanjun Wu,
  • Wei Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24116-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Keratitis is the main cause of corneal blindness worldwide, but most vision loss caused by keratitis can be avoidable via early detection and treatment, which are challenging in resource-limited settings. Here, the authors develop a deep learning system for the automated classification of keratitis and other cornea abnormalities.