A Convnet which can detect the stages of Diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetic Retinopathy is a condition that can cause Vision loss and Blindness in the people who have Diabetes. It affects the blood vessels in the Retina. It is one of the leading cause of Blindness across the world. Diabetic retinopathy may not have any symptoms at first, but finding it early can help you take steps to protect your vision.
The problem is to perform Image Classification. Given an image (fundus photographs), You have to predict which class does the given image belongs to. The Classes to predict are :
- 0 - Normal
- 1 - Mild
- 2 - Moderate
- 3 - Severe
- 4 - Proliferative
I am using only the data from https://www.kaggle.com/c/aptos2019-blindness-detection/data. If you've more computing resources, you can also use the data from https://www.kaggle.com/c/diabetic-retinopathy-detection/data.