Detection of Retinal Blood Vessels for Disease Prediction using Machine Learning

Abstract

Retinal diseases like glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, stargardt's disease, retinopathy of prematurity that can lead to blindness manifest as artifacts in the retinal image. The term Diabetic retinopathy is the serious issue that is caused by the diabetes, which affects the eyes and results in blindness. It's due to damage of the arteries and veins that are present in the fundus of the eye (retina) that is the origin of light sensitive tissues. Although DR can be prevalent now days, its prevention remains challenging. Visual analysis of the funds and consideration of color photographs Ophthalmologists directly examine the existence and severity of DR. This process is expensive as well as time consuming as there are huge number of diabetes patients worldwide. The automatic DR system is expanded to predict various related diseases that are analyzed.