The problem statement is an open challenge problem in Kaggle Competition. This problem aims to develop a system which could help ophthalmologists to detect blindness before it happened. Millions of people suffer from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness among working aged adults. In India, Aravind Eye Hospital hopes to detect and prevent this disease among people living in rural areas where medical screening is difficult to conduct. APTOS (Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society Symposium) has provided eye fundus images under a variety of imaging conditions with labels to detect the DR level in retinal images of person.
- 0 – No DR
- 1 – Mild
- 2 – Moderate
- 3 – Severe
- 4 – Proliferative DR