Are you diabetic or do you know someone who has diabetes?

As we all know, there are millions of people in the world who suffer from diabetes. I had the honor to interview the CEO and Founder of IDx a leading company focusing on Artificial Intelligence to prevent blindness from diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration.

On this episode you will learn three things

1. How is artificial intelligence already helping patients in the ocular space.
2. How you can get diagnosed from diabetic retinopathy with AI, at its early stages.
3. The future that IDx is promising for early detection of glaucoma and macular degeneration.

00:22     Dr. Michael Abramoff Introduction to beyond blindness.

00:23      What is IDx?

01;58     Why did you start IDx?

03:19      What is diabetic retinopathy and its evolution on the patient?

06:03      how does IDx’s artificial intelligence comes in to play for the early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy.

07:42      After proper treatment can diabetic retinopathy be stopped?

08:21      IDx’s artificial intelligence approved by the FDA?

10:45      How does IDx technology helps a patient with diabetes show up to regular checkups?

11:15      How does IDx’s artificial intelligence takes pictures of the eye for the diagnosis?

14:10      If IDx’s artificial intelligence diagnoses the patient with the disease, What are the steps to take?

14:45      IDx’s upcoming artificial intelligence to diagnose Glaucoma.

16:20      What are the treatments for diabetic retinopathy?

18:35      The future of artificial intelligence for ophthalmology.

21:29      Dr. Abramoff words of encouragement for anybody with diabetic retinopathy.

22:17      IDx’s expansion to other countries in the world.

26:00      Section: On the way I see it.

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