diabetic retinopathy

Google I/O 2018 highlights AI health projects
By Dave Muoio | 05:21 pm | May 09, 2018
Google has unleashed a tidal wave of product and feature updates through the ongoing Google I/O developers’ conference, and it’s no surprise that the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare was a recurring spotlight among them.
FDA permits marketing of AI software that autonomously detects diabetic retinopathy
By Dave Muoio | 12:10 pm | April 12, 2018
The FDA has granted diagnostics company IDx’s De Novo request to market its AI-based software system for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy in adults who have diabetes, called IDx-DR.
Google researchers find trained AI detects diabetic retinopathy on par with experts
By Laura Lovett | 04:58 pm | March 14, 2018
 In new study published in Ophthalmology,  Google AI researchers found that they could improve their AI disease detecting software by using a small subset of images adjudicated by ophthalmologists that specialize in retinal diseases.
Study: AI and a smartphone-based device help in identifying diabetic retinopathy
By Laura Lovett | 04:06 pm | March 12, 2018
Worldwide there are 422 million people living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization estimates.