Glaucoma Diagnosis Through the Integration of Optical Coherence Tomography/Angiography and Machine Learning Diagnostic Models

Karanjit S. Kooner, Ashika Angirekula, Alex H. Treacher, Ghadeer Al-Humimat, Mohamed F. Marzban, Alyssa Chen, Roma Pradhan, Nita Tunga, Chuhan Wang, Pranati Ahuja, Hafsa Zuberi, Albert A. Montillo

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Purpose: To establish optical coherence tomography (OCT)/angiography (OCTA) parameter ranges for healthy eyes (HE) and glaucomatous eyes (GE) for a North Texas based population; to develop a machine learning (ML) tool and to identify the most accurate diagnostic parameters for clinical glaucoma diagnosis. Patients and Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we included 1371 eligible eyes, 462 HE and 909 GE (377 ocular hypertension, 160 mild, 156 moderate, 216 severe), from 735 subjects. Demographic data and full OCTA parameters were collected. A Kruskal–Wallis test was used to produce the normative database. Models were trained to solve a two-class problem (HE vs GE) and four-class problem (HE vs mild vs moderate vs severe GE). A rigorous nested, stratified, group, 5×10 fold cross-validation strategy was applied to partition the data. Six ML algorithms were compared using classical and deep learning approaches. Over 2500 ML models were optimized using random search, with performance compared using mean validation accuracy. Final performance was reported on held-out test data using accuracy and F1 score. Decision trees and feature importance were produced for the final model. Results: We found differences across glaucoma severities for age, gender, hypertension, Black and Asian race, and all OCTA parameters, except foveal avascular zone area and perimeter (p<0.05). The XGBoost algorithm achieved the highest test performance for both the two-class (F1 score 83.8%; accuracy 83.9%; standard deviation 0.03%) and four-class (F1 score 62.4%; accuracy 71.3%; standard deviation 0.013%) problem. A set of interpretable decision trees provided the most important predictors of the final model; inferior temporal and inferior hemisphere vessel density and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness were identified as key diagnostic parameters. Conclusion: This study established a normative database for our North Texas based population and created ML tools utilizing OCT/A that may aid clinicians in glaucoma management.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2685-2697
Number of pages13
JournalClinical Ophthalmology
Volume16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 18 2022

Keywords

  • deep learning
  • glaucoma
  • optical coherence tomography angiography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Glaucoma Diagnosis Through the Integration of Optical Coherence Tomography/Angiography and Machine Learning Diagnostic Models'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this