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RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a deep learning-based fully automated reconstruction and quantification algorithm which automatically delineates the neurites and somas of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). METHODS: We trained a deep learning-based multi-task image segmentation model, R...
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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37140906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.12.5.7 |
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author | Ma, Rui Hao, Lili Tao, Yudong Mendoza, Ximena Khodeiry, Mohamed Liu, Yuan Shyu, Mei-Ling Lee, Richard K. |
author_facet | Ma, Rui Hao, Lili Tao, Yudong Mendoza, Ximena Khodeiry, Mohamed Liu, Yuan Shyu, Mei-Ling Lee, Richard K. |
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description | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a deep learning-based fully automated reconstruction and quantification algorithm which automatically delineates the neurites and somas of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). METHODS: We trained a deep learning-based multi-task image segmentation model, RGC-Net, that automatically segments the neurites and somas in RGC images. A total of 166 RGC scans with manual annotations from human experts were used to develop this model, whereas 132 scans were used for training, and the remaining 34 scans were reserved as testing data. Post-processing techniques removed speckles or dead cells in soma segmentation results to further improve the robustness of the model. Quantification analyses were also conducted to compare five different metrics obtained by our automated algorithm and manual annotations. RESULTS: Quantitatively, our segmentation model achieves average foreground accuracy, background accuracy, overall accuracy, and dice similarity coefficient of 0.692, 0.999, 0.997, and 0.691 for the neurite segmentation task, and 0.865, 0.999, 0.997, and 0.850 for the soma segmentation task, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The experimental results demonstrate that RGC-Net can accurately and reliably reconstruct neurites and somas in RGC images. We also demonstrate our algorithm is comparable to human manually curated annotations in quantification analyses. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: Our deep learning model provides a new tool that can trace and analyze the RGC neurites and somas efficiently and faster than manual analysis. |
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spelling | pubmed-101661222023-05-09 RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning Ma, Rui Hao, Lili Tao, Yudong Mendoza, Ximena Khodeiry, Mohamed Liu, Yuan Shyu, Mei-Ling Lee, Richard K. Transl Vis Sci Technol Glaucoma PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a deep learning-based fully automated reconstruction and quantification algorithm which automatically delineates the neurites and somas of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). METHODS: We trained a deep learning-based multi-task image segmentation model, RGC-Net, that automatically segments the neurites and somas in RGC images. A total of 166 RGC scans with manual annotations from human experts were used to develop this model, whereas 132 scans were used for training, and the remaining 34 scans were reserved as testing data. Post-processing techniques removed speckles or dead cells in soma segmentation results to further improve the robustness of the model. Quantification analyses were also conducted to compare five different metrics obtained by our automated algorithm and manual annotations. RESULTS: Quantitatively, our segmentation model achieves average foreground accuracy, background accuracy, overall accuracy, and dice similarity coefficient of 0.692, 0.999, 0.997, and 0.691 for the neurite segmentation task, and 0.865, 0.999, 0.997, and 0.850 for the soma segmentation task, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The experimental results demonstrate that RGC-Net can accurately and reliably reconstruct neurites and somas in RGC images. We also demonstrate our algorithm is comparable to human manually curated annotations in quantification analyses. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: Our deep learning model provides a new tool that can trace and analyze the RGC neurites and somas efficiently and faster than manual analysis. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2023-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10166122/ /pubmed/37140906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.12.5.7 Text en Copyright 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Glaucoma Ma, Rui Hao, Lili Tao, Yudong Mendoza, Ximena Khodeiry, Mohamed Liu, Yuan Shyu, Mei-Ling Lee, Richard K. RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning |
title | RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning |
title_full | RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning |
title_fullStr | RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning |
title_full_unstemmed | RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning |
title_short | RGC-Net: An Automatic Reconstruction and Quantification Algorithm for Retinal Ganglion Cells Based on Deep Learning |
title_sort | rgc-net: an automatic reconstruction and quantification algorithm for retinal ganglion cells based on deep learning |
topic | Glaucoma |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37140906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.12.5.7 |
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