Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can analyze eye scans taken during a routine visit to an optician or eye clinic and identify patients at a high risk of a heart attack.
A routine trip to the opticians could soon offer insights into cardiac wellbeing following the development of an AI system that analyses retinal scans.
An eye scan readily available from high street opticians could be used to help predict a person’s risk of suffering a heart attack within the following year say scientists.
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