Deep learning identify retinal nerve fibre and choroid layers as markers of age-related macular degeneration in the classification of macular spectral-domain optical coherence tomography volumes.

"The project has been made possible by the Dam Foundation (2016/FO80635 to A‐O. Tvenning). Professor Keith Downing is acknowledged for his invaluable and constructive suggestions during this research work. The authors report no conflicts of interest."

"Dam Foundation 10.13039/501100002908"

"Four institutional review boards at Devers Eye Institute, Duke Eye Center, Emory Eye Center and National Eye Institute have approved using the SD‐OCT images from the A2A SD‐OCT study (Clinical trials identifier: NCT00734487), and informed consent had been obtained from all subjects in that study. The NORPED study was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics Central Norway (2012/1743) and followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from study participants."