AI can give optometrists a head start in eye disease detection.
In medicine, artificial intelligence (AI) is used to support decision-based medical tasks through knowledge- and data-intensive computer-based solutions that ultimately improve the performance of a human care provider (Patel, 2009).
AI-driven applications can outperform dermatologists in classifying suspect skin lesions and can identify pulmonary tuberculosis on chest x-rays, an area prone to expert disagreement (Buch et al, 2018). Researchers used machine learning recently to redefine traditional labels by identifying children with similar comorbidities and disabilities from mixed developmental diagnostic groups (Reynolds and Day, 2018).
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More than half of drivers who are dazzled by headlights - 57% - say the problem has worsened over the last 12 months with only three-in-10 (31%) disagreeing, found comprehensive new RAC research supported by The College of Optometrists.*