Enhancing diabetic retinopathy and macular edema detection through multi scale feature fusion using deep learning model

This work tackles the growing problem of early identification of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. The deep neural network design utilizes multi-scale feature fusion to improve automated diagnostic accuracy. Methods This approach uses convolutional neural networks (CNN) and is designed to combine higher-level semantic inputs with low-level textural characteristics. The contextual and localized abstract representations that complement each other are combined via a unique fusion technique. Use the MESSIDOR dataset, which comprises retinal images labeled with pathological annotations, for model training and validation to ensure robust algorithm development. The suggested model shows a 98% general precision and good performance in diabetic retinopathy. This model achieves an impressive nearly 100% exactness for diabetic macular edema, with particularly high accuracy (0.99). Consistent performance increases the likelihood that the vision will be upheld through public screening and extensive clinical integration.