Earlier today, Microsoft India in collaboration with L V Prasad Eye Institute and a global consortium — including Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Brien Holden Vision Institute — have launched Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE) to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to help eliminate avoidable blindness and scale delivery of eyecare services worldwide.
Through MINE, the partner organizations — which also include the Flaum Eye Institute and Federal University of Sao Paulo — will reportedly work together on diverse datasets of patients across different geographies to establish machine learning predictive models for vision impairment and eye disease, such as the rate of change of myopia in children and predictive outcomes in refractive surgery. By studying this data and applying advanced analytics with Microsoft machine learning technology to derive insights, MINE will reportedly aim to drive strategies to prevent avoidable blindness and help increase efficiency in the delivery of eyecare worldwide.
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