Machine Learning to Analyze the Prognostic Value of Current Imaging Biomarkers in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Journal: Ophthalmology. Retina
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the potential of machine learning to predict best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) outcomes from structural and functional assessments during the initiation phase in patients receiving standardized ranibizumab therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Authors

  • Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Hrvoje Bogunović
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Amir Sadeghipour
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis, Vienna Reading Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Thomas Schlegl
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis, Vienna Reading Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Georg Langs
    Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy Computational Imaging Research Lab, Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria.
  • Bianca S Gerendas
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Aaron Osborne
    Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, California.
  • Sebastian M Waldstein
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.