http://www.newsweek.com/ai-artificial-intelligence-now-diagnosing-common-eye-disease-1044006

Artificial intelligence is now being used to diagnose a common eye disease.

The device, called IDx-DR, uses software and a retinal camera to take images of a patient’s retina. It then uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to evaluate the images and effectively diagnose diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can lead to blindness. Developers hope this new device will make it easier for patients to get diagnosed outside of a clinical environment, leading perhaps to catching the condition earlier.