Table 3 Performance of the DeepDR system for diabetic retinopathy grading.

From: A deep learning system for detecting diabetic retinopathy across the disease spectrum

Local validation

 

AUC (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Positive likelihood ratio

Negative likelihood ratio

 SIM

Non-DR

0.945 (0.943–0.947)

0.912 (0.911–0.914)

0.825 (0.818–0.831)

5.201 (5.019–5.414)

0.106 (0.104–0.109)

 

Mild NPDR

0.943 (0.940–0.946)

0.888 (0.877–0.897)

0.839 (0.837–0.841)

5.511 (5.409–5.614)

0.134 (0.122–0.146)

 

Moderate NPDR

0.955 (0.953–0.957)

0.937 (0.931–0.943)

0.837 (0.834–0.839)

5.736 (5.647–5.824)

0.075 (0.069–0.082)

 

Severe NPDR

0.960 (0.956–0.964)

0.920 (0.904–0.936)

0.860 (0.858–0.862)

6.578 (6.418–6.732)

0.093 (0.074–0.112)

 

PDR

0.972 (0.966–0.977)

0.930 (0.898–0.958)

0.895 (0.893–0.897)

8.868 (8.526–9.190)

0.078 (0.046–0.113)

 

DME

0.946 (0.945–0.947)

0.928 (0.924–0.931)

0.813 (0.810–0.816)

4.955 (4.878–5.037)

0.089 (0.084–0.094)

 

Referable DR

0.973 (0.972–0.974)

0.941 (0.936–0.946)

0.897 (0.895–0.899)

9.157 (8.980–9.335)

0.066 (0.061–0.071)

External validation

      

 CNDCS

Non-DR

0.937 (0.935–0.939)

0.876 (0.874–0.878)

0.831 (0.825–0.837)

5.191 (5.019–5.382)

0.149 (0.146–0.152)

 

Mild NPDR

0.916 (0.912–0.920)

0.914 (0.904–0.923)

0.743 (0.741–0.746)

3.562 (3.507–3.615)

0.116 (0.103–0.129)

 

Moderate NPDR

0.927 (0.925–0.929)

0.890 (0.884–0.896)

0.793 (0.790–0.796)

4.304 (4.239–4.370)

0.138 (0.131–0.146)

 

Severe NPDR

0.962 (0.959–0.965)

0.918 (0.905–0.929)

0.880 (0.878–0.882)

7.624 (7.460–7.789)

0.094 (0.080–0.108)

 

PDR

0.955 (0.949–0.961)

0.927 (0.900–0.950)

0.855 (0.852–0.857)

6.377 (6.168–6.573)

0.086 (0.059–0.117)

 

Referable DR

0.970 (0.969–0.971)

0.940 (0.936–0.944)

0.883 (0.881–0.885)

8.050 (7.896–8.208)

0.068 (0.063–0.073)

 NDSP

Non-DR

0.925 (0.915–0.934)

0.907 (0.903–0.910)

0.758 (0.729–0.787)

3.750 (3.345–4.255)

0.123 (0.117–0.129)

 

Mild NPDR

0.929 (0.916–0.942)

0.905 (0.866–0.941)

0.770 (0.765–0.775)

3.942 (3.752–4.121)

0.123 (0.076–0.175)

 

Moderate NPDR

0.957 (0.951–0.963)

0.933 (0.910–0.956)

0.861 (0.857–0.865)

6.692 (6.443–6.940)

0.077 (0.051–0.104)

 

Severe NPDR

0.953 (0.942–0.964)

0.875 (0.820–0.927)

0.885 (0.881–0.888)

7.591 (7.066–8.103)

0.141 (0.083–0.204)

 

PDR

0.956 (0.933–0.974)

0.894 (0.795–0.976)

0.900 (0.896–0.903)

8.898 (7.920–9.753)

0.118 (0.027–0.227)

 

Referable DR

0.965 (0.960–0.969)

0.945 (0.926–0.962)

0.860 (0.856–0.865)

6.768 (6.528–7.004)

0.064 (0.045–0.086)

 EyePACS

Non-DR

0.934 (0.932–0.936)

0.900 (0.898–0.903)

0.802 (0.797–0.807)

4.546 (4.435–4.664)

0.124 (0.121–0.127)

 

Mild NPDR

0.937 (0.935–0.939)

0.903 (0.896–0.911)

0.804 (0.801–0.807)

4.613 (4.539–4.688)

0.120 (0.111–0.129)

 

Moderate NPDR

0.932 (0.930–0.934)

0.897 (0.892–0.903)

0.802 (0.799–0.805)

4.532 (4.459–4.606)

0.128 (0.121–0.134)

 

Severe NPDR

0.954 (0.951–0.957)

0.924 (0.913–0.935)

0.848 (0.846–0.851)

6.094 (5.977–6.214)

0.089 (0.076–0.102)

 

PDR

0.961 (0.958–0.964)

0.932 (0.920–0.943)

0.862 (0.859–0.864)

6.742 (6.607–6.884)

0.079 (0.066–0.093)

 

Referable DR

0.946 (0.945–0.947)

0.928 (0.924–0.931)

0.813 (0.810–0.816)

4.955 (4.878–5.037)

0.089 (0.084–0.094)

  1. For each level, AUC is report in a one-vs.-all manner, i.e., Mild NPDR means Mild NPDR vs. Non-DR, Moderate NPDR, Severe NPDR, and PDR. DR diabetic retinopathy, CNDCS China National Diabetic Complications Study, DME diabetic macular edema, NDSP Nicheng Diabetes Screening Project, NPDR non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, PDR proliferative diabetic retinopathy, SIM Shanghai Integrated Diabetes Prevention and Care System (Shanghai Integration Model).