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diabetic retinopathy

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. a disorder of the blood vessels of the retina occurring as a complication of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and often leading to blindness.


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Perfuse’s lead drug candidate is an experimental treatment for glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy currently being tested in mid-stage clinical trials, Bayer said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

In Singapore, Daniel S W Ting and colleagues compared the costs of three models of diabetic retinopathy screening.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024

AI is quickly being integrated into healthcare, including programs that diagnose diabetic retinopathy, analyze mammograms and connect patients with nurses remotely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

One potential downside of not having a doctor do the screening is that the algorithm solely looks for diabetic retinopathy, so it could miss other concerning diseases, like choroidal melanoma, Lee said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

The AI system takes four pictures of the eye without dilation, and runs the images through an algorithm that determines the presence or absence of diabetic retinopathy, Wolf says.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024

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