Automatic Feature Learning to Grade Nuclear Cataracts Based on Deep Learning.

Journal: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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Abstract

GOAL: Cataracts are a clouding of the lens and the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Assessing the presence and severity of cataracts is essential for diagnosis and progression monitoring, as well as to facilitate clinical research and management of the disease.

Authors

  • Xinting Gao
  • Stephen Lin
  • Tien Yin Wong
    Singapore National Eye Center, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore 168751, Singapore; National Institutes of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre Biomedical Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.