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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2022

Three-dimensional diabetic macular edema thickness maps based on fluid segmentation and fovea detection using deep learning.

Jing-Jing Xu, Yang Zhou, Qi-Jie Wei, Kang Li, Zhen-Ping Li, Tian Yu, Jian-Chun Zhao, Da-Yong Ding, Xi-Rong Li, Guang-Zhi Wang and 1 more

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Jing-Jing XuSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yang ZhouVisionary Intelligence Company Limited, Beijing 100872, China.
Qi-Jie WeiVisionary Intelligence Company Limited, Beijing 100872, China.
Kang LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciencies, Beijing 100730, China.
Zhen-Ping LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciencies, Beijing 100730, China.
Tian YuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciencies, Beijing 100730, China.
Jian-Chun ZhaoVisionary Intelligence Company Limited, Beijing 100872, China.
Da-Yong DingVisionary Intelligence Company Limited, Beijing 100872, China.
Xi-Rong LiKey Lab of Data Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
Guang-Zhi WangSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Hong DaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciencies, Beijing 100730, China.

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aimTo explore a more accurate quantifying diagnosis method of diabetic macular edema (DME) by displaying detailed 3D morphometry beyond the gold-standard quantification indicator-central retinal thickness (CRT) and apply it in follow-up of DME patients.

methodsOptical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of 229 eyes from 160 patients were collected. We manually annotated cystoid macular edema (CME), subretinal fluid (SRF) and fovea as ground truths. Deep convolution neural networks (DCNNs) were constructed including U-Net, sASPP, HRNetV2-W48, and HRNetV2-W48+Object-Contextual Representation (OCR) for fluid (CME+SRF) segmentation and fovea detection respectively, based on which the thickness maps of CME, SRF and retina were generated and divided by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) grid.

resultsIn fluid segmentation, with the best DCNN constructed and loss function, the dice similarity coefficients (DSC) of segmentation reached 0.78 (CME), 0.82 (SRF), and 0.95 (retina). In fovea detection, the average deviation between the predicted fovea and the ground truth reached 145.7±117.8 µm. The generated macular edema thickness maps are able to discover center-involved DME by intuitive morphometry and fluid volume, which is ignored by the traditional definition of CRT>250 µm. Thickness maps could also help to discover fluid above or below the fovea center ignored or underestimated by a single OCT B-scan.

conclusionCompared to the traditional unidimensional indicator-CRT, 3D macular edema thickness maps are able to display more intuitive morphometry and detailed statistics of DME, supporting more accurate diagnoses and follow-up of DME patients.

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3D macular edema thickness mapsdeep learningdiabetic macular edemafluid segmentationfovea detection

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PMCPMC8907057

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