DeepMind's neural networks can analyse eye scans for disease in seconds

Tom Allen
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Trained on curated data from Moorfields Eye Hospital, the neural network also shows clinicians how it reached its judgement

Google DeepMind has built an AI system that is as good as the best human experts at detecting eye problems, while bypassing the ‘black box' of an unclear decision-making process. The system was ...

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