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Predicting Post-Therapeutic Visual Acuity and OCT Images in Patients With Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Artificial Intelligence

Authors :
Fabao Xu
Cheng Wan
Lanqin Zhao
Shaopeng Liu
Jiaming Hong
Yifan Xiang
Qijing You
Lijun Zhou
Zhongwen Li
Songjian Gong
Yi Zhu
Chuan Chen
Li Zhang
Yajun Gong
Longhui Li
Cong Li
Xiayin Zhang
Chong Guo
Kunbei Lai
Chuangxin Huang
Daniel Ting
Haotian Lin
Chenjin Jin
Source :
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol 9 (2021), Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Frontiers Media SA, 2021.

Abstract

To predict visual acuity (VA) and post-therapeutic optical coherence tomography (OCT) images 1, 3, and 6 months after laser treatment in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) by artificial intelligence (AI). Real-world clinical and imaging data were collected at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) and Xiamen Eye Center (XEC). The data obtained from ZOC (416 eyes of 401 patients) were used as the training set; the data obtained from XEC (64 eyes of 60 patients) were used as the test set. Six different machine learning algorithms and a blending algorithm were used to predict VA, and a pix2pixHD method was adopted to predict post-therapeutic OCT images in patients after laser treatment. The data for VA predictions included clinical features obtained from electronic medical records (20 features) and measured features obtained from fundus fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, and OCT (145 features). The data for OCT predictions included 480 pairs of pre- and post-therapeutic OCT images. The VA and OCT images predicted by AI were compared with the ground truth. In the VA predictions of XEC dataset, the mean absolute errors (MAEs) were 0.074–0.098 logMAR (within four to five letters), and the root mean square errors were 0.096–0.127 logMAR (within five to seven letters) for the 1-, 3-, and 6-month predictions, respectively; in the post-therapeutic OCT predictions, only about 5.15% (5 of 97) of synthetic OCT images could be accurately identified as synthetic images. The MAEs of central macular thickness of synthetic OCT images were 30.15 ± 13.28 μm and 22.46 ± 9.71 μm for the 1- and 3-month predictions, respectively. This is the first study to apply AI to predict VA and post-therapeutic OCT of patients with CSC. This work establishes a reliable method of predicting prognosis 6 months in advance; the application of AI has the potential to help reduce patient anxiety and serve as a reference for ophthalmologists when choosing optimal laser treatments.

Details

ISSN :
22964185
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f7f107be65c53c30d87de4897b2d2d70
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.649221