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Editorial
. 2020 Jan 29;9(2):2.
doi: 10.1167/tvst.9.2.2. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Will AI Replace Ophthalmologists?

Edward Korot  1 , Siegfried K Wagner  1 , Livia Faes  1   2 , Xiaoxuan Liu  3   4 , Josef Huemer  1 , Daniel Ferraz  1 , Pearse A Keane  1 , Konstantinos Balaskas  1   5
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Editorial

Will AI Replace Ophthalmologists?

Edward Korot et al. Transl Vis Sci Technol. .

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  • Erratum in: Will AI Replace Ophthalmologists?
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021 Jul 1;10(8):6. doi: 10.1167/tvst.10.8.6. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021. PMID: 34236395 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
No abstract available

Keywords: AI; algorithms; artificial intelligence; future.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: E. Korot, Google Health (E); S.K. Wagner, None; L. Faes, None; X. Liu, None; J. Huemer, None; D. Ferraz, None; P.A. Keane, Heidelberg Engineering (F), Topcon (F), Carl Zeiss Meditec (F), Haag-Streit (F), Allergan (F), Novartis (F, S), Bayer (F, S), DeepMind (C), Optos (C); K. Balaskas, Alimera (F), Allergan (F), Bayer (F), Heidelberg Engineering (F), Novartis (F), TopCon (F)

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Risks of medical AI. AI model risk increases as cognitive complexity increases. We currently lie at the dotted line, a tipping point between triage and diagnostic systems. Permission received for reproduction from Luke Oakden Rayner.
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