AI used to detect 50 eye diseases

摘要

DeepMind Health, working in collaboration with Moorfields Eye Hospital, has used artificial intelligence to analyse and detect a range of eye diseases.The research applied deep learning techniques to thousands of historical anonymised retinal scans. Following this training, the AI system recommended the correct referral decision for over 50 eye diseases with 94per cent accuracy. "The number of eye scans we're performing is growing at a pace much faster than human experts are able to interpret," said Dr Pearse Keane, consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. "There is a risk that this may cause delays in the diagnosis and treatment of sight-threatening diseases, which can be devastating for patients.