An artificial intelligence (AI) system can look at photographs of the back of the eye and accurately detect if there is an eye condition that points to a brain tumour or other life-or vision-threatening conditions.
It sounds almost too good to be true, but Professor Dan Milea, a neuro-ophthalmologist and a senior consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), said this game-changing concept has recently been proven.
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