Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Using Novel Loss Function in Deep Learning

Abstract

Globally, the number of diabetics has significantly increased in recent years. Several age groups are affected. Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) affects those with diabetes for a long time. DR is a side effect of diabetes that affects the retina’s blood vessels and is caused by high blood sugar levels. Therefore, early detection and treatment are preferred. Manual recognition concerns and a lack of technology support for ophthalmologists are the most complex problems. Nowadays, Deep Learning (DL) based approaches are used significantly for creating DR detection systems because of the ongoing development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. This paper uses the APTOS dataset of retina images to train four deep Convolution Neural Network (CNN) models using a novel loss function. The four DL models used are VGG16, Resnet50, DenseNet121, and DenseNet169 to explain their rich properties and improve the classification for different phases of DR. The experimental results of this study demonstrate that VGG16 produced the lowest accuracy of 73.26% on the APTOS dataset, while DenseNet169-based detection gives the most significant result of 96.68% accuracy among the four approaches. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.