伽马挑战赛:多模态图像的青光眼分级。

GAMMA challenge: Glaucoma grAding from Multi-Modality imAges.

机构信息

South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China; Pazhou Lab, Guangzhou, China.

State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China.

出版信息

Med Image Anal. 2023 Dec;90:102938. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2023.102938. Epub 2023 Sep 18.

Abstract

Glaucoma is a chronic neuro-degenerative condition that is one of the world's leading causes of irreversible but preventable blindness. The blindness is generally caused by the lack of timely detection and treatment. Early screening is thus essential for early treatment to preserve vision and maintain life quality. Colour fundus photography and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are the two most cost-effective tools for glaucoma screening. Both imaging modalities have prominent biomarkers to indicate glaucoma suspects, such as the vertical cup-to-disc ratio (vCDR) on fundus images and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness on OCT volume. In clinical practice, it is often recommended to take both of the screenings for a more accurate and reliable diagnosis. However, although numerous algorithms are proposed based on fundus images or OCT volumes for the automated glaucoma detection, there are few methods that leverage both of the modalities to achieve the target. To fulfil the research gap, we set up the Glaucoma grAding from Multi-Modality imAges (GAMMA) Challenge to encourage the development of fundus & OCT-based glaucoma grading. The primary task of the challenge is to grade glaucoma from both the 2D fundus images and 3D OCT scanning volumes. As part of GAMMA, we have publicly released a glaucoma annotated dataset with both 2D fundus colour photography and 3D OCT volumes, which is the first multi-modality dataset for machine learning based glaucoma grading. In addition, an evaluation framework is also established to evaluate the performance of the submitted methods. During the challenge, 1272 results were submitted, and finally, ten best performing teams were selected for the final stage. We analyse their results and summarize their methods in the paper. Since all the teams submitted their source code in the challenge, we conducted a detailed ablation study to verify the effectiveness of the particular modules proposed. Finally, we identify the proposed techniques and strategies that could be of practical value for the clinical diagnosis of glaucoma. As the first in-depth study of fundus & OCT multi-modality glaucoma grading, we believe the GAMMA Challenge will serve as an essential guideline and benchmark for future research.

摘要

青光眼是一种慢性神经退行性疾病,是全球导致不可逆转但可预防失明的主要原因之一。失明通常是由于缺乏及时的检测和治疗所致。因此,早期筛查对于早期治疗以保护视力和维持生活质量至关重要。眼底彩色摄影和光学相干断层扫描(OCT)是青光眼筛查最具成本效益的两种工具。这两种成像方式都有突出的生物标志物来指示青光眼疑似患者,例如眼底图像上的垂直杯盘比(vCDR)和 OCT 容积上的视网膜神经纤维层(RNFL)厚度。在临床实践中,通常建议同时进行这两种筛查,以获得更准确和可靠的诊断。然而,尽管有许多基于眼底图像或 OCT 容积的算法被提出用于自动青光眼检测,但很少有方法利用这两种方式来实现目标。为了填补这一研究空白,我们设立了 Glaucoma grAding from Multi-Modality imAges(GAMMA)挑战赛,以鼓励基于眼底和 OCT 的青光眼分级方法的发展。挑战赛的主要任务是根据 2D 眼底图像和 3D OCT 扫描容积对青光眼进行分级。作为 GAMMA 的一部分,我们公开发布了一个带有 2D 眼底彩色摄影和 3D OCT 容积的青光眼标注数据集,这是第一个用于基于机器学习的青光眼分级的多模态数据集。此外,还建立了一个评估框架来评估提交方法的性能。挑战赛期间共提交了 1272 份结果,最终有 10 支表现最好的队伍进入决赛。我们分析了他们的结果,并在论文中总结了他们的方法。由于所有队伍都在挑战赛中提交了他们的源代码,我们进行了详细的消融研究来验证所提出模块的有效性。最后,我们确定了对青光眼临床诊断具有实际价值的建议技术和策略。作为眼底和 OCT 多模态青光眼分级的首次深入研究,我们相信 GAMMA 挑战赛将成为未来研究的重要指南和基准。

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