Technology

Paediatric ophthalmologist at DIVE Medical, Victoria Pueyo, shares insight into Track AI, a project designed to develop technology that can identify visual problems in children earlier

Data gathered using gaze-tracking software is analysed using an artificial intelligence algorithm to identify potential cases of visual impairment

US researchers have developed a virtual reality headset that uses light to stimulate targeted areas in a patient’s visual field

A new Optimec Visual Fixation System makes sight tests easier for patients with learning disabilities and dementia

New Zealand bioengineer, Dr Ehsan Vaghefi, talks with OT  about his innovative MyIScope device

“I always like it when the immersion is so high that people forget that this is a simulation and do the exam as if it was real”

A portable instrument has been used to image the retinas of 12 healthy adult volunteers and two children

“It’s so powerful that if we don’t keep on top of it, artificial intelligence could take over…The more it learns, the faster it learns. It’s exponential”

“The blood vessels are the highways and the different parts of the retina are neighbourhoods. A clinician can zoom in to different regions of the retina”

Orcam’s international business development manager, Leon Paull, on the company’s goal of enabling blind and visually impaired people to navigate the world around them