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. 2023 Dec 1;64(15):47.
doi: 10.1167/iovs.64.15.47.

The Diabetic Retinopathy "Pandemic" and Evolving Global Strategies: The 2023 Friedenwald Lecture

Tien Yin Wong  1   2   3 , Tien-En Tan  1   2
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The Diabetic Retinopathy "Pandemic" and Evolving Global Strategies: The 2023 Friedenwald Lecture

Tien Yin Wong et al. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: T.Y. Wong, Bayer (C), Boehringer-Ingelheim (C), Eden Ophthalmic (C), Genentech (C), Iveric Bio (C), Merck (C), Novartis (C), Plano (C), Oxurion (C), Roche (C), Shanghai Henlius (C), Zhaoke Pharmaceutical (C), Co­inventor, with patents pending, for a deep learning system for diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age­related macular degeneration (SG Non­Provisional Application number 10201706186V), and a computer implemented method for training an image classifier using weakly annotated training data (SG Provisional Patent Application number 10201901083Y); Co­founder and shareholder of EyRIS Pte Ltd., Singapore and VISRE, Singapore; T.-E. Tan, None

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Schematic diagram illustrating the systems-wide strategies needed to tackle the DR pandemic. DR, diabetic retinopathy; VTDR, vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy; DME, diabetic macular edema; VI, visual impairment; M, million; AI, artificial intelligence.
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