Predicting eyes at risk for rapid glaucoma progression based on an initial visual field test using machine learning.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether machine learning algorithms (MLA) can predict eyes that will undergo rapid glaucoma progression based on an initial visual field (VF) test.

Authors

  • Scott R Shuldiner
    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
  • Michael V Boland
    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Pradeep Y Ramulu
    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
  • C Gustavo De Moraes
    Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America.
  • Tobias Elze
    Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Complex Structures in Biology and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: tobias-elze@tobias-elze.de.
  • Jonathan Myers
    Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
  • Louis Pasquale
    The Eye and Vision Research Institute of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School, New York, NY, United States of America.
  • Sarah Wellik
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America.
  • Jithin Yohannan
    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.