Automatic diagnosis of pathological myopia from heterogeneous biomedical data.

ABSTRACT: Pathological myopia is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. The condition is particularly prevalent in Asia. Unlike myopia, pathological myopia is accompanied by degenerative changes in the retina, which if left untreated can lead to irrecoverable vision loss. The accurate diagnosis of pathological myopia will enable timely intervention and facilitate better disease management to slow down the progression of the disease. Current methods of assessment typically consider only one type of data, such as that from retinal imaging. However, different kinds of data, including that of genetic, demographic and clinical information, may contain different and independent information, which can provide different perspectives on the visually observable, genetic or environmental mechanisms

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3683061 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature