Gabor Nemeth, MD, PhD, DSc

University of Miskolc, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Clinical Methodology

Position: associate professor

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most significant information technology advances of our time, developing at an almost unimaginable pace. The first mention of AI technology in ophthalmology dates back to 1975, and it has become increasingly dominant in recent years.

Its increasing use in ophthalmology is due to the fact that in our daily practice, most diagnoses and the determination of certain factors (e.g., intraocular lens diopter) are based on pattern recognition, often using photographic images taken by imaging devices and often using data sets.

This presentation will discuss the role of AI in the largest clinical registry (IRIS registry), diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, intraocular lens power calculation and others, summarizing the relevant literature. From the summary analysis it will be seen that application of AI in most areas of ophthalmology is moving from theoretical applications to practical, everyday use.

It can be clearly seen that the role of AI will continue to grow within ophthalmology, and that it will increasingly assist the ophthalmologist in diagnosis, progression analysis and the performance of high-volume, repetitive tasks.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, biometry, diagnostic imaging