Google’s DeepMind AI arm has created a new deep learning framework that diagnoses eye diseases and triages treatment options.
Research suggests that the approach can do just as well as—and, in some cases, better—than eye specialists, and could help patients receive treatment faster and thus avoid the loss of sight.
The AI approach uses studies from ocular coherence tomography (OCT), a three-dimensional volumetric medical imaging technology that measures the reflection of near infrared light. There’s a widespread availability of OCT images in ophthalmology.
