Retinal Imaging AI Predicts Preeclampsia Before Onset in New Nature Biotechnology Study

EricTopol · x · 2026-10-06

A new Nature Biotechnology paper presents Visionary AI, an interpretable platform combining retinal imaging with graph-based vascular modeling to predict hypertensive disorders of pregnancy before clinical onset. It converts retinal photos/OCT into topological and geometric representations of microvascular structure, extracting vascular signals that expert physicians can't read. Eric Topol highlights this as part of a fast-growing field of retina AI predicting systemic vascular health, summarizing 15 key publications in the area.

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