Machine Learning En-‘Visions’ Future Vision-Loss

Highlights:

Myopia is a condition affecting distant vision, with its extreme cases resulting in vision complications and blindness
Machine learning can analyze different parameters of visual factors anticipating visual acuity (sharpness) and possible risk factors //
This reduces the long-term risk of blindness and facilitates decision-making in subsequent clinical assessments

With the use of data-driven insights, machine learning is a broad and dynamic area that has the potential to revolutionize businesses and provide solutions to challenging issues. It offers many advantages in the field of healthcare, ranging from symptom analysis to forecasting future health consequences.

Recently, the Tokyo Medical and Dental University researchers have created a machine-learning model using artificial intelligence that effectively predicts and visualizes the long-term risk of visual impairment ().

What is Myopia? What are its Risks and Complications?

Myopia or shortsightedness is a condition that affects distance vision— where there is no trouble seeing objects that are near, but have difficulty in viewing objects that are farther away.

Test Your Knowledge on Short-sightedness (Myopia)
Myopia is a condition where a person cannot see distant objects clearly. This vision problem is experienced by almost one-third of the population. Myopia affects men and women equally. It is often discovered in school children and becomes ...

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People with extreme shortsightedness, also called high myopia are unable to focus on distant objects. Contact lenses , glasses, or surgery can correct their eyesight, but having high myopia is not just inconvenient.

About half of the cases result in pathologic myopia, and blindness is most commonly caused by complications from pathologic myopia. Individuals who are permanently blinded frequently experience physical and financial hardships due to their lack of independence.

How Machine Learning Help Predicts Future Myopic Risks?

Although machine-learning algorithms are already effective at recognizing changes and difficulties in myopia, this recent study examined the algorithms' long-term prediction capabilities.

A nomogram comprising roughly 34 variables related to myopia was evaluated using a machine-learning model based on logistic regression. These factors were then combined to create a score that represents the long-term risk of visual impairment.

Myopia
Myopia is the inability of a person to see the distant objects clearly. Myopia is also known as near or short sightedness.

The best prediction for the risk of visual impairment was at 5 years. The and associated with increased risk of visual impairment at 5 years.

These scores predict visual acuity and help decision-making in future clinical assessments.

Eye Test for Myopia or Near-sightedness
Test your vision regularly at home using the Snellen or Tumbling E chart. If there is a problem go and see an eye doctor.

In summary, the study demonstrated that machine-learning models have a high potential to assist in cutting down the future risk of blindness– an increasingly significant public health challenge, which will benefit individuals as well as society at large.

Reference:

Machine Learning Models for Predicting Long-Term Visual Acuity in Highly Myopic Eyes - (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/2810735)

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