Using Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Systemic Diseases in Retinal Images

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Topic – Using Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Systemic Diseases in Retinal Images

• Background on the retina and the eye; window to the soul
• Google’s 2018 paper – Predictions on cardiovascular disease (stroke, blood pressure, smoking)
• Recent developments in retinal AI research – spanning Alzheimer and chronic kidney diseases
• The future of Eyecare: Spect’s role in building a dataset for commercialization

About speaker

Michael Leung is co-founder at Spect. Michael is responsible for operations, imaging, manufacturing, patent and intellectual property, regulatory strategy, and recruiting. His current interests are in the optical hardware space (VR/AR/imaging), more specifically the manufacturing supply chain and product development cycles. His past experiences span displays, optical coherence tomography, anti-reflective nano-materials, various modes of medical imaging and nanomechanical properties. Prior to Spect, Michael was an Engineer at Apple on the Hardware Display Module (Pro Display XDR) team. Michael completed his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, and a bachelors at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

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