Healio April 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — Smartphone diagnostics and non-ocular diagnostics are up-and-coming artificial intelligence applications in ophthalmology, according to a presenter here.
During an Eyecelerator@ASCRS presentation, Ranya Habash, MD, said that health data platforms, blockchain technology and remote training using AI are “digital health transformers” in eye care. Other areas of medicine that use AI include population health screening, remote patient monitoring and virtual reality diagnostics, she said.
Habash said AI is being used to train models to diagnose conditions such as diabetic retinopathy.
“We show the machine several different pictures of what it looks...