AI-powered eye test ‘could become screening tool for all diabetics’

A newly-published research paper predicts that by 2050, some 1.3 billion people will have diabetes

The tool will work by scanning nerves at the front of the eye rather than the back, with the AI element of the device able to predict future damage. File Picture: PA

Scientists are developing a test that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a major complication of diabetes in the hope it could become a standard screening tool for those living with the condition.

Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Manchester Metropolitan University are tweaking equipment currently used by high street optometrists to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).