Validation of a Universal Cataract Intelligence Platform

August 7, 2018 updated by: Haotian Lin, Sun Yat-sen University

Validation of the Utility of a Universal Cataract Intelligence Platform

This study established and validated a universal artificial intelligence (AI) platform for collaborative management of cataracts involving multi-level clinical scenarios and explored an AI-based medical referral pattern to improve collaborative efficiency and resource coverage.The datasets were labeled using a three-step strategy: (1) categorize slit lamp photographs into four separate capture modes; (2) diagnose each photograph as a normal lens, cataract or a postoperative eye; and (3) based on etiology and severity, further classify each diagnosed photograph for a management strategy of referral or follow-up. A deep residual convolutional neural network (CS-ResCNN) was used for the image classification task. Moreover, we integrated the cataract AI agent with a real-world multi-level referral pattern involving self-monitoring at home, primary healthcare, and specialized hospital services.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

500

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients who underwent ophthalmic examination of the eye and recorded their ocular information in the primary healthcare center.

Exclusion Criteria:

The patients who cannot cooperate with the examinations.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Artificial Intelligence
A universal diagnostic system. An artificial intelligence to make comprehensive evaluation and treatment decision of cataract.
An artificial intelligence to make comprehensive evaluation and treatment decision of different types of cataracts.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Diagnostic accuracy of the cataract AI agent
Time Frame: 6 months
AUC: area under the receiver operating curve; accuracy (ACC) = (TP + TN) / (TP + TN + FP + FN); sensitivity (SEN) = TP / (TP + FN); specificity (SPE) = TN / (TN + FP); TP = true positive; TN = true negative; FP = false positive; FN = false negative.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 7, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 7, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

August 9, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 9, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 7, 2018

Last Verified

August 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCPMOH2018- China7

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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