Foundation models in ophthalmology: a preliminary study on AI-assisted diagnosis of myopic maculopathy and posterior staphyloma using ultra-widefield fundus images.

Journal: BMJ open ophthalmology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to detect characteristic fundus changes in pathological myopia using deep learning (DL)-based analysis of ultra-widefield (UWF) fundus imaging.

Authors

  • Juzhao Zhang
  • Tao Yu
    Department of Smart Experience Design Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Republic of Korea.
  • Mengjia Zhang
    Shanghai Yangpu District Kongjiang Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
  • Yuzhu Zhang
    School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
  • Yingyan Ma
  • Wenwen Xue
    From the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention & Treatment Center, Shanghai, China (Xue, Zou); Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases; Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Diseases, Shanghai, China (Zhang, Ma, Zou); School of Computer Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Hou, Feng); Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Xiao, Feng, Zhao).
  • Hao Zhou
    State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health (Wuhan), Ministry of Environmental Protection, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, #13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
  • Senlin Lin
    Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Shanghai Eye Hospital, Shanghai, China.
  • Haidong Zou
    Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Xian Xu
    Ping An Technology, Beijing, China.