Attendees at the Optical Suppliers Association stand at 100% Optical were told how artificial intelligence (AI) was going ‘from code to clinic’ by Professor Pearse Keane.
The consultant ophthalmologist said optical coherence tomography (OCT) acquired more images per year than all other modalities combined with Moorfields Eye Hospital taking over 1,000 OCT scans a day.
‘We are drowning in the number of patients we need to see, but new technology can address some of these problems by applying deep learning to these images. Technology is really advancing ophthalmology and optometry which are at the forefront of AI in healthcare. The promise of AI is how we bring world-class expertise out of specialised hospitals and potentially into the community and homes of patients,’ Keane said.
Keane also described oculomics to delegates, which was the use of advanced retinal imaging, big data and AI to use the eye as a window to the rest of the body.
He said oculomics could reveal the sex, age, blood pressure and smoking status of the patient from retinal photographs and, in the future, this may allow prediction of other systemic diseases.