https://youvenz.github.io/tags/diabetic-retinopathy/Recent content in Diabetic-Retinopathy on Rachid Youven ZeghlacheHugoen-usThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://youvenz.github.io/research/predictive-medicine/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://youvenz.github.io/research/predictive-medicine/<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Predictive medicine applies machine learning to answer the clinical question: <em>what will happen to this patient?</em> Rather than diagnosing the current state, predictive models estimate the probability and timeline of future events — disease progression, treatment response, or transition to a more severe stage.</p> <h2 id="clinical-applications">Clinical applications</h2> <h3 id="diabetic-retinopathy-progression">Diabetic Retinopathy Progression</h3> <p>Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults globally. My research builds end-to-end deep learning pipelines that process sequential retinal fundus images and OCT scans to predict whether a patient will progress to proliferative DR or develop diabetic macular oedema within a given follow-up window.</p>