Artificial intelligence may assist in pinpointing AMD progression

BALTIMORE — A machine learning algorithm that predicts individual drusen regression using OCT-based biomarkers may predict when early or intermediate age-related macular degeneration will progress into severe AMD, according to a pilot study presented here at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting.“[The algorithm] would support ophthalmologists in estimating patients’ risk of developing severe AMD needed for patient counseling and would allow to adjust their screening schedule according to their risk,” Hrvoje Bogunovic, PhD, told Healio.com/OSN.