What is it about?

Diabetic retinopathy can be detected automatically by imaging features. This paper describes the accuracy and issues related to such screening.

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Why is it important?

Diabetic retinopathy is a major sight threatening condition. It is eminently treatable, and should be screened for in diabetic people.

Perspectives

Since diabetes is so common and increasing in prevalence, some method of automatic screening is beneficial and indeed critical for health care planning and delivery.

Prof Louis Tong
National University of Singapore

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This page is a summary of: AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION AND DETECTION OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY USING TEXTURE MEASURES, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, August 2015, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt,
DOI: 10.1142/s0219519415500451.
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