US Food and Drug Administration has approved the IDx-DR which is an AI-based diagnostic device that can make its own decisions without any specialized doctor’s help or confirmation. This is the first time an AI-based software was approved in the medical field by FDA. The main use of IDx-DR is the detection of a specific disease just by analyzing the retina images of the patients. Here is how it works: A doctor uses a special retina camera to take a clear image of the retina of the patient. This image is sent to the IDx-DR software algorithm and it primarily checks if the image […]
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