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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Extracted 3D Features from OCT Images.

Mahmoud Elgafi, Ahmed Sharafeldeen, Ahmed Elnakib, Ahmed Elgarayhi, Norah S Alghamdi, Mohammed Sallah, Ayman El-Baz

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Mahmoud ElgafiApplied Mathematical Physics Research Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Ahmed SharafeldeenBioImaging Laboratory, Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6838-8211
Ahmed ElnakibBioImaging Laboratory, Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6084-3622
Ahmed ElgarayhiApplied Mathematical Physics Research Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Norah S AlghamdiDepartment of Computer Sciences, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6421-6001
Mohammed SallahApplied Mathematical Physics Research Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2063-8979
Ayman El-BazBioImaging Laboratory, Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7264-1323

Funding

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PNURSP2022R40
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major health problem that can lead to vision loss if not treated early. In this study, a three-step system for DR detection utilizing optical coherence tomography (OCT) is presented. First, the proposed system segments the retinal layers from the input OCT images. Second, 3D features are extracted from each retinal layer that include the first-order reflectivity and the 3D thickness of the individual OCT layers. Finally, backpropagation neural networks are used to classify OCT images. Experimental studies on 188 cases confirm the advantages of the proposed system over related methods, achieving an accuracy of 96.81%, using the leave-one-subject-out (LOSO) cross-validation. These outcomes show the potential of the suggested method for DR detection using OCT images.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic RetinopathyHumansNeural Networks, ComputerRetinaTomography, Optical Coherenceclassificationdiabetic retinopathyneural networksOCTreflectivitythickness

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PMID36298186
PMCPMC9610651

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