Diabetic Retinopathy Screening and Management in Morocco: Challenges and Possible Solutions.

Abstract

Diabetic Retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes. Its evolution is mostly silent from early stage to advanced ones, rendering the need for cheap and reliable screening methods ever-so important. In Morocco in particular, the lack of ophthalmologists and the inaccessibility of certain areas exacerbates. We present in this paper preliminary results obtained using an Artificial Intelligence solution to screen for Diabetic Retinopathy on color fundus images taken from Cheikh Zaïd Ophthalmic Center.