Title: Glaucoma screening: a web-based intelligent system approach

Authors: M. Anandarajan, S. Anandarajan

Addresses: Management Department, 32nd and Chestnut Street, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Rajapoopathy Memorial Glaucoma Centre, 55A Ward Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

Abstract: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world. The three standard techniques used in the diagnosis of glaucoma typically have low accuracy in terms of sensitivity and specificity. This study proposes the development of a Web-based Intelligent Glaucoma Screening (WIGS) system, which can identify potential sufferers before actual examination by a specialist. Results indicate that WIGS has an accuracy of over 90%. The resource implications of such a system are discussed.

Keywords: glaucoma screening; neural networks; sensitivity; specificity; webbased systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2001.001124

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2001 Vol.3 No.5/6, pp.485-497

Published online: 30 Jun 2003 *

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