Cup-Disk Ratio Segmentation Joint with Key Retinal Vascular Information Under Diagnostic and Screening Scenarios

Kuo Yang, Wenhao Jiang, Yiqiao Shi, Rui Qin, Wanli Bai, Duo Li, Yue Wu, Menghan Hu

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Abstract

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. Numerous studies have shown that a larger vertical Cup-to-Disc Ratio (CDR) is closely associated with the glaucoma diagnosis. CDR is highly useful in the clinical practice and evaluation of glaucoma. However, the determination of CDR varies among clinicians and is highly dependent on the doctor’s subjectivity. Existing methods only segment the cup and disc features without considering the nearby vascular information. Based on guidance and criteria from experienced clinicians in diagnosing glaucoma, we incorporate segmented essential vascular information to constrain CDR segmentation. We add key vessel information to the network as the prior knowledge to better guide the model to distinguish the boundary of the optic cup. The effectiveness of incorporating essential vascular information has been demonstrated through experiments conducted on the public dataset REFUGE as well as the home-made dataset. The home-made dataset consists of high-quality CDR images and remade CDR images, corresponding to the diagnosis scenario and the screening scenario in which the patient needs to upload the fundus image by taking photos. The model is deployed on the Wechat mini-program for practical glaucoma diagnostic and screening applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Computer Graphics - 40th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2023, Proceedings
EditorsBin Sheng, Lei Bi, Jinman Kim, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages313-326
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783031500770
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event40th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2023 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 28 Aug 20231 Sep 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14498 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference40th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period28/08/231/09/23

Keywords

  • Cup-disk ratio segmentation
  • Glaucoma diagnostic and screening
  • Retinal vascular

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