High street eye scan can reveal risk of having a heart attack or stroke

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An eye scan already available on the high street can tell someone their odds of having a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years, a study led by the University of Dundee has found.

Period	16 Jul 2025

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Title	High street eye scan can reveal risk of having a heart attack or stroke
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	University of Dundee
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	16/07/25
Description	An eye scan already available on the high street can tell someone their odds of having a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years, a study led by the University of Dundee has found.
URL	https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/high-street-eye-scan-can-reveal-risk-having-heart-attack-or-stroke
Persons	Ify Mordi, Mohammad Ghouse Syed, Manuel Trucco, Muthu Rama Krishnan Mookiah, Chim Lang, Rory McCrimmon, Colin Palmer, Ewan Pearson, Alexander Doney

Keywords

HIC
Health Informatics Centre
GoDARTS
TRE
Trusted Research Environment
Retinal Imaging
AI
AI model

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Health Informatics Centre
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Deep-Learning Prediction of Cardiovascular Outcomes from Routine Retinal Images in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review