Automated retinopathy of prematurity screening using deep neural networks.

Journal: EBioMedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide. Automated ROP detection system is urgent and it appears to be a safe, reliable, and cost-effective complement to human experts.

Authors

  • Jianyong Wang
    1 Machine Intelligence Laboratory, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.
  • Rong Ju
    Department of Neonatology, Chengdu Women & Children's Central Hospital, Chengdu, PR China.
  • Yuanyuan Chen
    Center for Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hangzhou Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310001, China.
  • Lei Zhang
    Division of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Junjie Hu
    Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China.
  • Yu Wu
    Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, People's Republic of China.
  • Wentao Dong
    School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, China.
  • Jie Zhong
    Department of Ophthalmology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, PR China. Electronic address: zjllxx1968@163.com.
  • Zhang Yi