Medical Xpress March 12, 2025
Researchers from a joint Skoltech-University of Sharjah laboratory and AIRI Institute have automated the analysis of retina images used to diagnose diabetic retinopathy. This refers to retinal damage in diabetes patients that can potentially cause permanent blindness.
Depending on the details of the case and the skill of the physician, it can take them anywhere from 10 to 40 minutes to examine the blood vessel network in the retina image and make a diagnosis. In an article published in Pattern Recognition Letters, the team’s AI solution delivers the result instantaneously, leaving it to the eye doctor to review and confirm the findings.
Eye care professionals use specialized cameras to take retina images and study them, manually segmenting the photo. This...
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