A Study on the Segmentation and Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy Images Using the K-Means Clustering Method

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a retinal disease caused by diabetes, representing one of the most prevalent causes of vision loss affecting millions of people worldwide. Swift detection and treatment of this condition are crucial for preventing the disease. Various deep learning and machine learning a...

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Published in2024 32nd Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Incir, Ramazan, Bozkurt, Ferhat
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 15.05.2024
Subjects
Accuracy
Classification
Clustering methods
Data preprocessing
Diabetic retinopathy
Image segmentation
K-Means Clustering
Pre-trained Models
Signal processing
Training
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Summary:Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a retinal disease caused by diabetes, representing one of the most prevalent causes of vision loss affecting millions of people worldwide. Swift detection and treatment of this condition are crucial for preventing the disease. Various deep learning and machine learning algorithms have been employed for disease detection and classification, often overlooking the data preprocessing stage. In the data preprocessing phase of this study, segmentation of important lesions, such as hard exudates, was conducted using the K-Means clustering method. The identified lesions were highlighted on the original images. The resulting dataset was then classified using pre-trained architectures, namely EfficientNetV2-M, ResNet50, MobileNet, and DenseNet121. After training on the APTOS dataset, the EfficientNetV2-M model achieved an accuracy of 95.16%. The classification results indicated the contribution of the lesion highlighting process during data preprocessing to the overall classification accuracy
DOI:10.1109/SIU61531.2024.10600987