RESOURCE-EFFICIENT DEEP LEARNING FOR FIVE-STAGE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY CLASSIFICATION: COMPARATIVE EVALUATION, MODEL OPTIMISATION, AND EDGE DEPLOYMENT
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of preventable vision impairment, particularly in regions where access to ophthalmologists and computational infrastructure is limited. This study investigates resource-efficient deep learning for automated five-stage DR classification from retinal fundus images, with emphasis...