How AI Helps Prevent Blindness in Premature Babies

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​ India consistently has the highest number for premature births. That keeps doctors busy looking out for a larger number of health issues, including Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). ROP is “the leading cause of infant blindness in the world. But more importantly, it’s the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world ” says Dr. Anand Vinekar during an Interview with SAP.

Along with SAP and CleaVision, Dr. Vinekar’s Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute in Bangalore, collaborated on an AI program to automate the pre-screening of ROP in premature babies. That means more babies can be scanned in a shorter amount of time, helping stop ROP before the babies become irreversibly blind.

Learn more about how AI and cloud technology can help prevent babies from going blind: https://news.sap.com/?p=226596

00:00 India has Highest Number of Premature Births
00:39 ROP as the Leading Cause of Blindness
00:50 Pushpa’s Family Story
01:27 So Many Exams And So Little Time
01:47 How Technology Helps
02:05 Introducing AI
00:40 KIDROP Telemedicine Network Helps Save Time and Scale Outreach
02:58 Hanvit C’s Family   Read More SAP 

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