A graph neural network-based multispectral-view learning model for diabetic macular ischemia detection from color fundus photographs

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Main Authors: He, Qinghua, Jiang, Hongyang, Fang, Danqi, Yang, Dawei, Nguyen, Truong X., Ran, Anran, Tham, Clement C., Szeto, Simon K. H., Sivaprasad, Sobha, Cheung, Carol Y.
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author He, Qinghua
Jiang, Hongyang
Fang, Danqi
Yang, Dawei
Nguyen, Truong X.
Ran, Anran
Tham, Clement C.
Szeto, Simon K. H.
Sivaprasad, Sobha
Cheung, Carol Y.
author_facet He, Qinghua
Jiang, Hongyang
Fang, Danqi
Yang, Dawei
Nguyen, Truong X.
Ran, Anran
Tham, Clement C.
Szeto, Simon K. H.
Sivaprasad, Sobha
Cheung, Carol Y.
contents Diabetic macular ischemia (DMI), marked by the loss of retinal capillaries in the macular area, contributes to vision impairment in patients with diabetes. Although color fundus photographs (CFPs), combined with artificial intelligence (AI), have been extensively applied in detecting various eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy (DR), their applications in detecting DMI remain unexplored, partly due to skepticism among ophthalmologists regarding its feasibility. In this study, we propose a graph neural network-based multispectral view learning (GNN-MSVL) model designed to detect DMI from CFPs. The model leverages higher spectral resolution to capture subtle changes in fundus reflectance caused by ischemic tissue, enhancing sensitivity to DMI-related features. The proposed approach begins with computational multispectral imaging (CMI) to reconstruct 24-wavelength multispectral fundus images from CFPs. ResNeXt101 is employed as the backbone for multi-view learning to extract features from the reconstructed images. Additionally, a GNN with a customized jumper connection strategy is designed to enhance cross-spectral relationships, facilitating comprehensive and efficient multispectral view learning. The study included a total of 1,078 macula-centered CFPs from 1,078 eyes of 592 patients with diabetes, of which 530 CFPs from 530 eyes of 300 patients were diagnosed with DMI. The model achieved an accuracy of 84.7 percent and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.900 (95 percent CI: 0.852-0.937) on eye-level, outperforming both the baseline model trained from CFPs and human experts (p-values less than 0.01). These findings suggest that AI-based CFP analysis holds promise for detecting DMI, contributing to its early and low-cost screening.
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spellingShingle A graph neural network-based multispectral-view learning model for diabetic macular ischemia detection from color fundus photographs
He, Qinghua
Jiang, Hongyang
Fang, Danqi
Yang, Dawei
Nguyen, Truong X.
Ran, Anran
Tham, Clement C.
Szeto, Simon K. H.
Sivaprasad, Sobha
Cheung, Carol Y.
Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Diabetic macular ischemia (DMI), marked by the loss of retinal capillaries in the macular area, contributes to vision impairment in patients with diabetes. Although color fundus photographs (CFPs), combined with artificial intelligence (AI), have been extensively applied in detecting various eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy (DR), their applications in detecting DMI remain unexplored, partly due to skepticism among ophthalmologists regarding its feasibility. In this study, we propose a graph neural network-based multispectral view learning (GNN-MSVL) model designed to detect DMI from CFPs. The model leverages higher spectral resolution to capture subtle changes in fundus reflectance caused by ischemic tissue, enhancing sensitivity to DMI-related features. The proposed approach begins with computational multispectral imaging (CMI) to reconstruct 24-wavelength multispectral fundus images from CFPs. ResNeXt101 is employed as the backbone for multi-view learning to extract features from the reconstructed images. Additionally, a GNN with a customized jumper connection strategy is designed to enhance cross-spectral relationships, facilitating comprehensive and efficient multispectral view learning. The study included a total of 1,078 macula-centered CFPs from 1,078 eyes of 592 patients with diabetes, of which 530 CFPs from 530 eyes of 300 patients were diagnosed with DMI. The model achieved an accuracy of 84.7 percent and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.900 (95 percent CI: 0.852-0.937) on eye-level, outperforming both the baseline model trained from CFPs and human experts (p-values less than 0.01). These findings suggest that AI-based CFP analysis holds promise for detecting DMI, contributing to its early and low-cost screening.
title A graph neural network-based multispectral-view learning model for diabetic macular ischemia detection from color fundus photographs
topic Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17886