Explainable artificial intelligence model for the detection of geographic atrophy using colour retinal photographs.

Journal: BMJ open ophthalmology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate an explainable artificial intelligence (AI) model for detecting geographic atrophy (GA) via colour retinal photographs.

Authors

  • Valentina Sarao
    Department of Medicine - Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
  • Daniele Veritti
    Department of Medicine - Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. daniele.veritti@uniud.it.
  • Axel De Nardin
    Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, Università degli Studi di Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy.
  • Micaela Misciagna
    Department of Medicine-Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
  • Gianluca Foresti
    Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
  • Paolo Lanzetta
    Department of Medicine - Ophthalmology, University of Udine.