AI Model Can Diagnose Autism in Children by Analyzing Retina Images with High Accuracy
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Researchers photographed children's retinas and used AI to diagnose autism with 100% accuracy from the images.
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The AI model retained full accuracy even when using just 10% of the image containing the optic disc.
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The AI could also assess autism symptom severity with 0.74 AUROC accuracy.
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The model worked for children as young as 4 years old.
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The retinal screening method could help provide objective, early autism screening, especially when access to specialists is limited.