The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study
Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes irreversible blindness. Early detection and timely treatment can prevent blindness. However, manpower and access to DR screening is challenging in remote areas. This study aims to validate and assess the acceptability of artificial intelligence assisted diab...
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| description | Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes irreversible blindness. Early detection and timely treatment can prevent blindness. However, manpower and access to DR screening is challenging in remote areas. This study aims to validate and assess the acceptability of artificial intelligence assisted diabetic retinopathy screening (AI-DRS) versus standard care (SC) with slit lamp examination. Design: This was a cross sectional, comparative cohort study. Methods: All patients underwent a mydriatic two-field fundus photography, automatically analyzed by the AI and a dilated clinical fundus examination by a consultant ophthalmologist, blinded to the AI-DRS results. The primary outcome measure was the agreement between AI-DRS (Singapore Eye Lesion Analyzer (SELENA+) performed with a portable fundus camera) and SC, measured by sensitivity, specificity and kappa indices. Questionnaires were administered to test acceptability of AI-DRS. Results: 414 eyes of 207 patients (mean age 60.13, SD=9.39), male (20.3 %) and female (79.7 %) were screened. AI-DRS versus SC had a sensitivity of 85 % and specificity of 100 % with high agreement (kappa value 0.915 (p < 0.001)). Comparing AI-DRS versus SC, 350 versus 362 eyes had no DR/mild DR, 6 versus 7 eyes had moderate/severe non-proliferative DR(NPDR), 6 versus 7 had proliferative DR(PDR). AI-DRS had more ungradable eyes versus SC (52 versus 39 eyes). Questionnaires showed 98.6 % of patients found AI-DRS acceptable. Conclusion: The AI-DRS is a valid method of DR screening in suburban Myanmar populations with high rates of acceptability, may improve access and coverage of DR screening services for Myanmar and in other similar settings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4e86f05b62a4a59b3f78a8dc409115b2025-08-20T03:28:26ZengElsevierAJO International2950-25352025-10-012310014910.1016/j.ajoint.2025.100149The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot studyMya Wut Yee Soe0Jasmine Ge1Kan Htoo Aung2Su Mon La3Anna CS Tan4Insein General Hospital, Department of Medical services, Ministry of Health, MyanmarSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore; Eye- ACP, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, SingaporeNorth Okkalapa General Hospital, Department of Medical services, Ministry of Health, MyanmarNaypyitaw Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Head & Neck Hospital, Department of Medical services, Ministry of Health, MyanmarSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore; Eye- ACP, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore; Corresponding author at: Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Ave, 168751 Singapore.Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes irreversible blindness. Early detection and timely treatment can prevent blindness. However, manpower and access to DR screening is challenging in remote areas. This study aims to validate and assess the acceptability of artificial intelligence assisted diabetic retinopathy screening (AI-DRS) versus standard care (SC) with slit lamp examination. Design: This was a cross sectional, comparative cohort study. Methods: All patients underwent a mydriatic two-field fundus photography, automatically analyzed by the AI and a dilated clinical fundus examination by a consultant ophthalmologist, blinded to the AI-DRS results. The primary outcome measure was the agreement between AI-DRS (Singapore Eye Lesion Analyzer (SELENA+) performed with a portable fundus camera) and SC, measured by sensitivity, specificity and kappa indices. Questionnaires were administered to test acceptability of AI-DRS. Results: 414 eyes of 207 patients (mean age 60.13, SD=9.39), male (20.3 %) and female (79.7 %) were screened. AI-DRS versus SC had a sensitivity of 85 % and specificity of 100 % with high agreement (kappa value 0.915 (p < 0.001)). Comparing AI-DRS versus SC, 350 versus 362 eyes had no DR/mild DR, 6 versus 7 eyes had moderate/severe non-proliferative DR(NPDR), 6 versus 7 had proliferative DR(PDR). AI-DRS had more ungradable eyes versus SC (52 versus 39 eyes). Questionnaires showed 98.6 % of patients found AI-DRS acceptable. Conclusion: The AI-DRS is a valid method of DR screening in suburban Myanmar populations with high rates of acceptability, may improve access and coverage of DR screening services for Myanmar and in other similar settings.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950253525000528Artificial intelligenceDiabetic retinopathyRetinopathy screening |
| spellingShingle | Mya Wut Yee Soe Jasmine Ge Kan Htoo Aung Su Mon La Anna CS Tan The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study AJO International Artificial intelligence Diabetic retinopathy Retinopathy screening |
| title | The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study |
| title_full | The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study |
| title_fullStr | The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study |
| title_short | The implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in Myanmar: a pilot study |
| title_sort | implementation of artificial intelligence driven diabetic retinopathy screening in a district hospital in myanmar a pilot study |
| topic | Artificial intelligence Diabetic retinopathy Retinopathy screening |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950253525000528 |
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