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“The potential for AI to massively transform our lives outside healthcare as well as in it cannot be overstated”

AI is advancing and is increasingly starting to drive eye care in the UK, writes AOP CEO Adam Sampson

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AI algorithm and screening van boosts access to eye care in remote communities

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Eye care innovation in focus at parliament

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Health services

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AI beats non-specialist doctors in detecting eye problems

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AI to aid early detection of AMD

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Future gazing: what will optometry look like in five years’ time?

16 min read

Career development

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Professor Pearse Keane on the transformative power of AI

Making dream machines a reality

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Public release of AI that predicts biological sex from fundus images

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Using AI to predict long-term visual acuity in patients with high myopia

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“I am committed to leading the Association in the direction agreed by the members”

5 min read

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Using computer models to help LASIK patients undergoing cataract surgery

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Using AI to screen for diabetic retinopathy in Rwanda

OCT scans show signs of Parkinson’s seven years before clinical presentation

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AI mimics the process of asking for a second opinion