Leveraging MaxVit on Fused OCT Scan Pairs for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Evolution Assessment
摘要
This paper presents our approach to the MARIO (Monitoring Age-related Macular Degeneration Progression In Optical Coherence Tomography) challenge at MICCAI 2024, focusing on automated analysis of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) evolution using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images. For Task 1, we propose a novel method that fuses consecutive OCT scan pairs, utilizing a MaxVit Tiny architecture to classify AMD progression. This approach mimics clinicians’ side-by-side comparison technique. In the preliminary phase, our model ranked first among 20 teams across all evaluation metrics for Task 1, achieving an F1 score of 0.863, Matthews Rk-correlation coefficient (RkC) of 0.709, and Specificity of 0.913. For Task 2, predicting AMD progression over three months, we combined EfficientNet V2 S for OCT image processing with a Multi-Layer Perceptron for handling patient metadata. While our Task 2 solution ranked competitively (3rd in F1, 1st in QWK among 16 teams), overall scores were low (F1: 0.685, RkC: 0.111, QWK: 0.231, Specificity: 0.688), highlighting challenges in long-term progression prediction. Our Task 1 solution demonstrates significant potential for improving AMD monitoring efficiency in clinical settings, while Task 2 results underscore areas needing further research. This work contributes to enhancing AMD management, with implications for improved patient care in ophthalmology.