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Merging artificial intelligence and retinal vascular geometric parameters: A novel tool for diagnosis and prognosis prediction of diabetic nephropathy.
Key takeaways
Scientists built a tool using eye scans and health data to predict diabetic kidney disease, but this study only shows a link — it did not prove the tool can reliably diagnose or prevent kidney decline in real-world use.
Who did this work
Pan S (Department of Nephrology, First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Chen X (Senior Department of Ophthalmology, Third Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Wang Q (Graduate School of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Li Z (Senior Department of Ophthalmology, Third Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Liu F (Guangdong University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guanngdong 510000, China.) · Wang L (Senior Department of Ophthalmology, Third Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Wang Y (Department of Nephrology, First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Wang D (Senior Department of Ophthalmology, Third Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Zhang L (Department of Nephrology, First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Liu F (Senior Department of Ophthalmology, Third Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Li Y (Senior Department of Ophthalmology, Third Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.) · Wu J (Department of Nephrology, First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.)
Source
Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-08-24
https://doi.org/10.1097/cm9.0000000000004211