AI Is Helping Doctors Diagnose Eye Disease
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are using the technology to identify diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can cause blindness.
May 14, 2021 • (TNS) CORALVILLE, Iowa The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has become the first to employ new technology developed by a company rooted in the university’s research engine that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose an eye disease.
On June 12, the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at UI Health Care-Iowa River Landing in Coralville began using technology developed by IDx, the Coralville-based medical diagnostics company.
The device, which received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April, was developed to diagnose diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can cause blindness.
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