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There are a few startups/companies that specialize in going to poor countries and using lens attachments on cell phones to do eye exams. They send in people who
by txcwpalpha 9y ago
There are a few startups/companies that specialize in going to poor countries and using lens attachments on cell phones to do eye exams. They send in people who aren't doctors, take a picture of the eye, and email/upload the pictures to doctors who can analyze it for issues.
IIRC, in those situations, the problem isn't the accessibility to a doctor, but rather the accessibility to someone who has a device capable of imaging the eye. I imagine this would be the same. Replacing the doctor with an AI doesn't really solve the problem.
- skybrian 9y agoBut it might make it cheaper and more consistent. It's the same advantage as automating anything else.
- squiggleblaz 9y agoIt might be way easy to sell to a nineteen year old looking for a gap year activity. "Go to PNG, meet some people, save their life. Look, you just take a photo, and minutes later it says 'They need help'". The doctor reading the image is going to take days or who knows how long.