Comparing code-free deep learning models to expert-designed models for detecting retinal diseases from optical coherence tomography

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Abstract

Background: Code-free deep learning (CFDL) is a novel tool in artificial intelligence (AI). This study directly compared the discriminative performance of CFDL models designed by ophthalmologists without coding experience against bespoke models designed by AI experts in detecting retinal pathologies from optical coherence tomography (OCT) videos and fovea-centered images. Methods: Using the same internal dataset of 1,173 OCT macular videos and fovea-centered images, model development was performed simultaneously but independently by an ophthalmology resident (CFDL models) and a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in AI (bespoke models). We designed a multi-class model to categorize video and fovea-centered images into five labels: normal retina, macular hole, epiretinal membrane, wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema. We qualitatively compared point estimates of the performance metrics of the CFDL and bespoke models. Results: For videos, the CFDL model demonstrated excellent discriminative performance, even outperforming the bespoke models for some metrics: area under the precision-recall curve was 0.984 (vs. 0.901), precision and sensitivity were both 94.1% (vs. 94.2%) and accuracy was 94.1% (vs. 96.7%). The fovea-centered CFDL model overall performed better than video-based model and was as accurate as the best bespoke model. Conclusion: This comparative study demonstrated that code-free models created by clinicians without coding expertise perform as accurately as expert-designed bespoke models at classifying various retinal pathologies from OCT videos and images. CFDL represents a step forward towards the democratization of AI in medicine, although its numerous limitations must be carefully addressed to ensure its effective application in healthcare.

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Touma, S., Hammou, B. A., Antaki, F., Boucher, M. C., & Duval, R. (2024). Comparing code-free deep learning models to expert-designed models for detecting retinal diseases from optical coherence tomography. International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-024-00555-3

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