Eleonora M. Lad, MD, PhD, shares however advances successful ocular imaging, including AI tools, tin amended diagnosis of geographic atrophy going forward.
Nancy M. Holekamp, MD, FASRS: Nora, you’re a world-class ocular imager. This is wherever I deliberation AI could assistance that dynamic. Do you spot a aboriginal wherever we volition person bundle connected our OCT [optical coherence tomography] machines that volition marque the diagnosis of GA [geographic atrophy], for not lone america but besides the superior oculus attraction provider, truthful that it’s not a question of whether they’re close oregon wrong. I spot AI arsenic a precise invaluable instrumentality connected close diagnosis prompting a close and timely referral.
Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD: Yes, successful fact, they are. Thank you for asking this question. I’m excited due to the fact that determination are tools successful improvement for this, particularly for diagnosing geographic atrophy and predicting which patients volition make geographic atrophy. Some AI tools foretell velocity of progression for our patients. Hopefully it volition beryllium an casual readout, specified arsenic others that we’re utilized to: ocular tract readout, ECGs [electrocardiograms], and different areas of medicine that could beryllium precise utile to our referring colleagues.
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