AI, eye health & Google DeepMind | Dr Pearse Kane

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Dr Kane outlines his work using artificial intelligence to improve detection and treatment of eye disease through bringing together Moorfields Eye Hospital and Google DeepMind.

Dr Kane’s work using AI algorithms for the earlier detection and treatment of retinal disease has been used to create an early warning system for age-related macular degeneration, one of the commonest cause of blindness.

Dr Pearse Keane is a consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

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