Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Multiple Classifier Techniques in Machine Learning
The medical industry has advanced in a manner where high end technologies are used for early detection and analysis of diseases that are hard to encounter with normal procedures of the medical field. One such disease is diabetic retinopathy (DR) further classified as non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) conditions. Early detection of NPDR is a challenging task, and it requires examination of fundus images in an amplified manner. To overcome these early detection of DR, the authors propose an automated system that will be using machine learning classifier techniques with combination of convolutional neural network (CNN) to self-train the system and detect the early stages of retinal scans by feature extraction and use of existing retinal scan databases. Hence, the system will eliminate the human flaw of inability to detect early DR in diagnosis and will help us treat the patient in early stages.