Abstract: A method for parallel processing of retinal images includes: optimizing an objective function with a chaotic supply-demand algorithm to enhance a real retinal image; synthesizing a virtual retinal image by a hybrid image generation method; establishing a parallel multi-layer decomposed interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy convolutional neural network model based on the virtual retinal image and the enhanced real retinal image; and integrating outputs from a plurality of parallel multi-layer decomposed interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy convolutional neural network models as a final classification result.