Thursday, 5 March 2020
A new AI device can identify babies at risk of going blind by analyzing images of their eyes. The system could help save the vision of babies born prematurely, who are particularly at risk of damage to their retinas, as the fragile vessels in their eyes can leak and grow abnormally. If this worsens, the retina can detach and cause loss of vision. The National Eye Institute-funded study focused on a particularly dangerous form of this condition: aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (AP-ROP). This disease is difficult to detect as the symptoms can be very subtle. Clinicians try to find…
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