Diagnostic assistance system to detect progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in fundus images of follow up examinations of patients with diabetes

An important step in detecting and monitoring DR is regular screening by fundus images. The aim is to identify patients with sight-threatening DR timely to be able to initiate adequate treatment and thus to prevent loss of vision (blindness). We developed an algorithm to detect progression between follow up examinations in order to minimize the time consuming diagnostic of the images by an ophthalmologist.