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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2026

Deep Learning Prediction of Retinal Thickness from Near-Infrared Fundus Photography: Toward Decentralized Quantitative Assessment of Diabetic Macular Edema.

Behrouz Ebrahimi, Albert K Dadzie, Mansour Abtahi, Masrur A Sadhin, Daniel Kim, Srishti Kolla, Baoxin Li, R V Paul Chan, Michael J Heiferman, Xincheng Yao

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Behrouz EbrahimiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3390-7330
Albert K DadzieDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3466-5188
Mansour AbtahiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7463-9470
Masrur A SadhinDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-0430-7229
Daniel KimDepartment of Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Srishti KollaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Baoxin LiDepartment of Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
R V Paul ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Michael J HeifermanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3456-0164
Xincheng YaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0356-3242

Funding

Translational Core for Therapeutic and Diagnostic DevelopmentP30EY001792 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MCANANY, JAMES JASON · 1985 to 2025
$14.8M
UIC K12 Independent Clinical Vision Scientist Development ProgramK12EY021475 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ALI R DJALILIAN, CHARLOTTE E JOSLIN · 2011 to 2026
$6.7M
Functional imaging of retinal photoreceptorsR01EY023522 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI YAO, XINCHENG · 2014 to 2024
$3.5M
Nonmydriatic ultra-widefield fundus photography employing trans-pars-planar illuminationR01EY029673 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI CHAN, ROBISON VERNON PAUL, YAO, XINCHENG · 2019 to 2022
$1.8M
A portable ultra-widefield fundus camera for nonmydriatic examination of retinopathy of prematurityR44EY028786 · NEI · BIOLIGHT ENGINEERING, LLC · PI CHAN, ROBISON VERNON PAUL, SON, TAEYUN · 2020 to 2021
$1.2M
Department of Defense HT94252510857NEI NIH HHS K12 EY021475NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001792NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023522NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023522, R01 EY029673, R44 EY028786, P30EY001792, K12EY021475NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029673NEI NIH HHS R44 EY028786Research to Prevent Blindness N/ARichard and Loan Hill Endowment N/AUIC COE-COM Collaborative Research N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

decentralized screeningdeep learningdiabetic macular edemadisease monitoringnear-infrared fundus imagingoptical coherence tomographyretinal thicknesstelemedicinetreatment assessment

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PMID42506087
PMCPMC13412299

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