A new study presents an artificial intelligence system that scans images of the retina to detect signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gout, osteoporosis and thyroid disease in seconds.
The program—called Reti-Pioneer—is a step toward being able to diagnose many different conditions from a scan of the eye, providing people a quicker diagnosis for common conditions and increasing access to crucial testing.
Reti-Pioneer uses several AI systems to scan images of the eye and check for subtle signs of disease that would be impossible to spot otherwise.
These models are trained using thousands of images of eyes from people both with and without disease.
They are taught to spot signs of illness that can't be picked up by the naked eye.
A scan of the eye is not only cheaper and easier to perform than forms of diagnosis like a blood test, but it also delivers results in seconds.
The research, primarily carried out in primary health care centers in China, found the system provides accurate screening to help doctors make decisions about patients' health without waiting for these slower test results.
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