Automated Disease Triage for the Real World

Abstract

Our main goal is to advance the state of the art in computer-aided diagnosis. We will focus on two diseases - melanoma, and diabetic retinopathy - but we expect that the techniques developed will generalize to a wide range of possible image-based diagnostics. Automated triage/screening offers a promising solution to the disparity between available healthcare professionals and increasing incidence of degenerative diseases in an aging population. Automated triage/screening is a valuable resource for primary health care professionals: nurses and general practitioners, assisting them in the difficult decision of who should be referred to the specialist doctor, and among those referred, which cases are the most urgent.