Patient-centred smartphone AI for protecting vision in macular disease

以患者为中心的智能手机人工智能可保护黄斑疾病患者的视力

• 批准号: 10018335
• 金额: $ 215.93万
• 依托单位: OKULO LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10018335
• 关键词: Patient; centred; smartphone; AI; protecting

OKKO Health is a software medical device company developing companion apps for people with chronic eye disease. The app consists of short games which use vision science technology to measure visual function through the data produced.This project is to develop an AI product to identify the very early visual symptoms indicative of either development or worsening of macular disease by using smartphone data only, so that vision assessment and monitoring can be shifted from the hospital to the home and so that in-person appointments with hospital eye specialists can be prioritised for those who need them.This will enable personalised eye care; leading to more efficient use of limited highly pressurised resources and optimise vision outcomes for patients through early and prioritised treatment (currently, 50% of UK blindness is avoidable with early treatment).OKKO's core work has been highly innovative, because unlike others, they do not simply replicate the eye chart onto a phone screen. This is because the eye chart was designed for prescribing accurate glasses, and it is very poor at picking up early eye disease, or monitoring progression of eye disease. Instead, OKKO's team translate aspects of established vision science currently contained in expensive equipment into accessible, straightforward puzzle games on a smartphone/tablet so that hospital-grade measurements can be gained at home.This project will use real-world smartphone data to create the AI algorithm trained by high-quality clinical decisions from the doctors in Nottingham and Oxford NHS and international sites.We will work with the University of Bristol and the Macular Society charity to make the smartphone AI's interface with patients user-friendly and meaningful.

Okko Health是一家软件医疗设备公司，为慢性眼病患者开发配套应用程序。这款应用程序由短游戏组成，利用视觉科学技术通过产生的数据来测量视觉功能。该项目旨在开发一种人工智能产品，通过仅使用智能手机的数据来识别表明黄斑疾病发展或恶化的非常早期的视觉症状，以便将视力评估和监测从医院转移到家庭，以便有需要的人优先与医院眼科专家进行面对面的预约。这将使个性化眼睛护理成为可能。通过早期和优先的治疗，更有效地利用有限的高压资源，并通过优先治疗为患者优化视力结果(目前，50%的英国失明是可以通过早期治疗避免的)。OKKO的核心工作具有很高的创新性，因为与其他公司不同，他们不会简单地将眼图复制到手机屏幕上。这是因为眼表是为配戴准确的眼镜而设计的，在发现早期眼病或监测眼病进展方面非常糟糕。取而代之的是，Okko的团队将目前昂贵设备中已有的视觉科学的各个方面转化为智能手机/平板电脑上可访问的、简单的益智游戏，这样就可以在家里获得医院级的测量结果。该项目将使用真实的智能手机数据来创建人工智能算法，该算法通过诺丁汉和牛津NHS以及国际网站的高质量临床决策进行训练。我们将与布里斯托尔大学和黄斑社会慈善机构合作，使智能手机的人工智能与患者的界面变得用户友好且有意义。