Eye fundus colour images enhancement service for Diabetic Retinopathy diagnosis

Project Information

Eye Light

Grant agreement ID: 717108

DOI

10.3030/717108

Project closed

EC signature date 25 February 2016

Start date 1 March 2016

End date 31 August 2016

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

IPRI SERVICES
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Eye Light (Eye fundus colour images enhancement service for Diabetic Retinopathy diagnosis)

Reporting period: 2016-03-01 to 2016-08-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), that can affect 30 % of people who have Diabetes, is one of the main cause of visual impairment in the world.
The only way to detect DR is to perform regular eye fundus exams for every diabetic patient. As the diagnosis is based on eye fundus images, their quality is a key element for a reliable diagnosis. However, due to the intrinsic characteristics of the eye and due to the acquisition conditions the quality of the image varies making the diagnosis difficult and dependant of the operator.
With Eye-Light, iPRI has developed a technology to enhance and standardise the quality of the eye fundus images. This technology makes the diagnosis better.
As the number of diabetic patients is increasing everywhere in the world, DR screening is essential. However, the quality of images are not sufficient in many high-income countries and very limited in many low-income countries. Eye Light makes the diagnosis more robust and possible for many images acquired in harsher conditions.
Key Opinion Leaders have confirmed the interest of Eye Light technology. IPRI now wants to propose this technology as a professional service.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

The work during phase 1 project has allowed to reach the following results:
1) Study of the environment of DR screening
2) Preparation of an action plan to obtain the CE marking for a medical device
3) Preparation of a clinical validation

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Eye-Light is a solution that drastically improves the quality of the diagnosis. Eye Light works for all kind of camera equipment. Eye-light is expected to create a breakthrough in the massive screening of DR by standardising the quality of eye fundus images, allowing comparison and making the images sharable.
In terms of socio-economic impact, Eye light is expected to improve the early diagnosis of diabetes. It will participate to the prevention of blindness. In high-income countries, Eye light will make the screening services more efficient and more accurate. In addition, Eye light will create new high-qualified jobs in Europe.

Eye-Light infographic