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World-first platform for transparent, fair and equitable use of AI in healthcare
Revolutionary AI platform for detecting diabetic eye disease proven safe for NHS. Researchers have developed the world’s first real-world head-to-head testing platform to determine whether commercial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are fit for NHS use to detect disease in a...Sight loss charities slam Scottish government for making blind and partially sighted people play tactile paving roulette
Sight Scotland launches ‘Pave the Way’ campaign to have tactile paving installed in every train station in Scotland.
Automated grading of diabetic retinopathy: is it possible?
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a frequent microvascular complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness worldwide. However, much of this diabetic blindness can be delayed or even prevented with timely diagnosis and proper treatment. For this reason, regular screening...Global attention was on the importance of children’s eye health during World Sight Day
Over one million pairs of young eyes tested for World Sight Day. IAPB Global Ambassador, HRH Duchess of Edinburgh, reads Specs for Rex on CBeebies Bedtime Story to commemorate World Sight Day. IAPB, in collaboration with the Seva Foundation, releases...
Fingolimod: ocular adverse effects
In this article the authors review the ocular side-effects of Fingolimod which is an oral immunomodulating drug used in the management of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Fingolimod-associated macular oedema (FAME) is the most common ocular side-effect linked to this drug....
Effect of heredity on risk of diabetic retinopathy
This study used survival analysis on 2199 patients who had reached vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy to investigate the contribution of heredity to diabetes together with other known risk factors for the development of either proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) or diabetic macular...The Qatar Fund for Development and Orbis to Launch Qatar Creating Vision in Ethiopia
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) are providing funding to international eye care charity Orbis, to launch the Qatar Creating Vision initiative Ethiopia.
Comparison of vision screeners
The primary purpose of this study was to calibrate the various paediatric photoscreeners over a range of contact lens induced hyperopic and astigmatic anisometropia using the American Association of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) criteria for anisometropic or axial astigmatism....
