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most citedPredicting Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Retinal Fundus Photographs using Deep Learning

1.9k citations · 2.2k across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.LG2021★ 1 cited

Using a Cross-Task Grid of Linear Probes to Interpret CNN Model Predictions On Retinal Images

Katy Blumer, Subhashini Venugopalan, Michael P. Brenner +1

We analyze a dataset of retinal images using linear probes: linear regression models trained on some "target" task, using embeddings from a deep convolutional (CNN) model trained o…

cs.CV2019★ 10 cited

Predicting Progression of Age-related Macular Degeneration from Fundus Images using Deep Learning

Boris Babenko, Siva Balasubramanian, Katy E. Blumer +5

Background: Patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can avoid vision loss via certain therapy. However, methods to predict the progression to neovascular a…

cs.CV2019★ 58 cited

The Algorithmic Automation Problem: Prediction, Triage, and Human Effort

Maithra Raghu, Katy Blumer, Greg Corrado +3

In a wide array of areas, algorithms are matching and surpassing the performance of human experts, leading to consideration of the roles of human judgment and algorithmic predictio…

cs.LG2018★ 48 cited

Direct Uncertainty Prediction for Medical Second Opinions

Maithra Raghu, Katy Blumer, Rory Sayres +4

The issue of disagreements amongst human experts is a ubiquitous one in both machine learning and medicine. In medicine, this often corresponds to doctor disagreements on a patient…

cs.CV2017★ 187 cited

Deep learning for predicting refractive error from retinal fundus images

Avinash V. Varadarajan, Ryan Poplin, Katy Blumer +7

Refractive error, one of the leading cause of visual impairment, can be corrected by simple interventions like prescribing eyeglasses. We trained a deep learning algorithm to predi…

cs.CV2017★ 1.9k cited

Predicting Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Retinal Fundus Photographs using Deep Learning

Ryan Poplin, Avinash V. Varadarajan, Katy Blumer +5

Traditionally, medical discoveries are made by observing associations and then designing experiments to test these hypotheses. However, observing and quantifying associations in im…