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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2023

A Structure-Aware Convolutional Neural Network for Automatic Diagnosis of Fungal Keratitis with In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Images.

Shanshan Liang, Jing Zhong, Hongwei Zeng, Peixun Zhong, Saiqun Li, Huijun Liu, Jin Yuan

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Shanshan Liang *National Innovation Center for Advanced Medical Devices, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. liangshsh@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Jing Zhong *State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Hongwei ZengSchool of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Peixun ZhongSchool of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Saiqun LiState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Huijun LiuState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jin YuanState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. yuanjincornea@126.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5756-5414
Sun Yat-sen University · CNCentre of Excellence for Advanced Materials · CN

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Abstract

Fungal keratitis (FK) is a common and severe corneal disease, which is widely spread in tropical and subtropical areas. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for patients, with confocal microscopy cornea imaging being one of the most effective methods for the diagnosis of FK. However, most cases are currently diagnosed by the subjective judgment of ophthalmologists, which is time-consuming and heavily depends on the experience of the ophthalmologists. In this paper, we introduce a novel structure-aware automatic diagnosis algorithm based on deep convolutional neural networks for the accurate diagnosis of FK. Specifically, a two-stream convolutional network is deployed, combining GoogLeNet and VGGNet, which are two commonly used networks in computer vision architectures. The main stream is used for feature extraction of the input image, while the auxiliary stream is used for feature discrimination and enhancement of the hyphae structure. Then, the features are combined by concatenating the channel dimension to obtain the final output, i.e., normal or abnormal. The results showed that the proposed method achieved accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of 97.73%, 97.02%, and 98.54%, respectively. These results suggest that the proposed neural network could be a promising computer-aided FK diagnosis solution.

Indexed as

Eye Infections, FungalKeratitisDiagnosis, Computer-AssistedHumansMicroscopy, ConfocalNeural Networks, ComputerAutomatic diagnosisConfocal microscopy cornea imagingConvolutional neural networkFungal keratitis

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PMID37014469
PMCPMC10406782
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