An observational study to assess if automated diabetic retinopathy image assessment software can replace one or more steps of manual imaging grading and to determine their cost-effectiveness

Tufail A, Kapetanakis V V, Salas-Vega S, Egan C, Rudisill C, Owen C G, Lee A, Louw V, Anderson J, Liew G, Bolter L, Bailey C, Sadda S, Taylor P & Rudnicka A R
Record ID 32013001071
English
Authors' objectives: To determine the screening performance and cost-effectiveness of ARIASs to replace level 1 human graders or pre-screen with ARIASs in the NHS diabetic eye screening programme (DESP). To examine technical issues associated with implementation.
Authors' recommendations: Retmarker and EyeArt achieved acceptable sensitivity for referable retinopathy and false-positive rates (compared with human graders as reference standard) and appear to be cost-effective alternatives to a purely manual grading approach. Future work is required to develop technical specifications to optimise deployment and address potential governance issues.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2016
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Mass Screening
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
  • Diabetes Mellitus
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
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