Automatic Cataract and Cholesterol Detection System Based on Recurrent Neural Network (RNN): A Comparison with Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Siamese Neural Network (SNN)

In Indonesia, the majority of blindness cases, approximately 81%, are attributed to cataract. Additionally, 35% of the population has higher cholesterol levels than the standard normal range. The lack of specialized medical equipment, such as the slit-lamp (Ruparelia in Dalhousie Med J 49(1), [1]) bio-microscope, and trained professionals, especially in rural areas, make it difficult to detect these conditions through eye examinations. To address this issue, a supervised machine learning method, the Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), has been utilized to create an iris scanner system that can identify cataract and high cholesterol in a patient. This system will classify eyes into three categories, i.e., cataract, high cholesterol, and normal iris. The computer simulations indicate that this technique is more accurate and requires less training time compared to the existing Convolutional Neural Network (ANN) and Siamese Neural Network (SNN)-based method, while achieving 100% accuracy.