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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2026

Deep Learning-Assisted Differentiation of Four Peripheral Neuropathies Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy.

Chaima Ben Rabah, Ioannis N Petropoulos, Mark Stettner, Maryam Ferdousi, Uazman Alam, Nathan Efron, Ahmed Serag, Rayaz A Malik

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Chaima Ben RabahAI Innovation Lab, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-4153-3287
Ioannis N PetropoulosDivision of Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Mark StettnerDepartment of Neurology and Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences (C-TNBS), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8836-0443
Maryam FerdousiFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Uazman AlamDiabetes & Obesity Research, Department of Medicine, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Nathan EfronInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Ahmed SeragAI Innovation Lab, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Rayaz A MalikDivision of Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-7188-8903

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Abstract

objectivePeripheral neuropathies contribute to patient disability but may be diagnosed late or missed altogether due to late referral, limitation of current diagnostic methods and lack of specialized testing facilities. To address this clinical gap, we developed NeuropathAI, an interpretable deep learning-based multiclass classification system for rapid, automated diagnosis and differentiation of 88 patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and human immunodeficiency virus-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN).

methodsA deep learning-based multiclass system was developed to analyze corneal nerve images. These images were preprocessed to train and validate the proposed model and the diagnostic utility was evaluated from the accuracy, F1-score and area under the curve to derive sensitivity, specificity and precision.

resultsNeuropathAI achieved excellent results: AUC-96.75%, sensitivity-83.87%, specificity-95.07%, and demonstrated excellent discrimination for CIDP, CIPN, HIV-SN and DPN with one-vs-all AUC scores of 97%, 93.1%, 99.7% and 96.9%, respectively. Explainability visualization through heatmaps demonstrated that regions of decision making by the model localized to areas with nerve fiber loss, enhancing interpretability.

interpretationNeuropathAI achieved rapid and accurate diagnosis of four of the most prevalent peripheral neuropathies globally, underscoring the potential of artificial intelligence-driven corneal image analysis for the rapid diagnosis and differentiation of peripheral neuropathies.

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CorneaDeep LearningPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesAdultAgedDiabetic NeuropathiesDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMaleMicroscopy, ConfocalMiddle AgedSensitivity and Specificityartificial intelligencecorneal confocal microscopycorneal nervedisease diagnosisperipheral neuropathy

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