Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 machine learning classifiers for glaucoma detection.
OBJECTIVE
To assess performance of classifiers trained on Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 (HRT3) parameters for discriminating between healthy and glaucomatous eyes.


METHODS
Classifiers were trained using HRT3 parameters from 60 healthy subjects and 140 glaucomatous subjects. The classifiers were trained on all 95 variables and smaller sets created with backward elimination. Seven types of classifiers, including Support Vector Machines with radial basis (SVM-radial), and Recursive Partitioning and Regression Trees (RPART), were trained on the parameters. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated for classifiers, individual parameters and HRT3 glaucoma probability scores (GPS). Classifier AUCs and leave-one-out accuracy were compared with the highest individual parameter and GPS AUCs and accuracies.


RESULTS
The highest AUC and accuracy for an individual parameter were 0.848 and 0.79, for vertical cup/disc ratio (vC/D). For GPS, global GPS performed best with AUC 0.829 and accuracy 0.78. SVM-radial with all parameters showed significant improvement over global GPS and vC/D with AUC 0.916 and accuracy 0.85. RPART with all parameters provided significant improvement over global GPS with AUC 0.899 and significant improvement over global GPS and vC/D with accuracy 0.875.


CONCLUSIONS
Machine learning classifiers of HRT3 data provide significant enhancement over current methods for detection of glaucoma.
Townsend
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KA
UPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Wollstein
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G
Danks
D
D
Sung
K R
KR
Ishikawa
H
H
Kagemann
L
L
Gabriele
M L
ML
Schuman
J S
JS
D019540:Area Under Curve; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000592:standards*; D014792:Visual Acuity