Optic-GAN: a generalized data augmentation model to enhance the diabetic retinopathy detection
摘要
Diabetic retinopathy is a severe eye condition that can lead to vision loss at severe stages necessitating the early detection. Automating the detection reduces the labor and facilitates timely intervention. Deep learning models have advanced detection capabilities but often suffer from overfitting due to limited or imbalanced labeled fundus data. Most of the existing models still depend on conventional augmentation techniques which fail to provide a controlled realistic fundus image generation. To address these limitations, this paper presents Optic-GAN, a strategic, memory- and time-efficient generative model for dataset expansion. Optic-GAN balances the MESSIDOR I and II datasets, achieving a low Fréchet inception distance score and improving model accuracy from 89.56 to 96.06%. Optic-GAN stands out by being independent of the dataset structures, unlike existing models, enabling broader, more effective application across diverse contexts.