AI Can Detect Pediatric Eye Diseases From Mobile Photographs

Medscape August 8, 2024
Edited by Manasi Talwadekar

TOPLINE:

Artificial intelligence (AI) can detect eye diseases in children with high accuracy using mobile photographs.

METHODOLOGY:

• This cross-sectional study, conducted at Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital in China from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023, involved 476 children diagnosed with myopia (n = 251), strabismus (n = 180), and/or ptosis (n = 171).
• The researchers used 1419 images taken using a smartphone to train a model based on deep learning.
• They assessed the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the model.

TAKEAWAY:

• The model showed high sensitivity and correctly identified myopia, strabismus, and ptosis in 84%, 73%, and 85% of cases, respectively.
• It also correctly identified individuals without myopia, strabismus, and ptosis (specificity: 76%, 85%, and 95%,...

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