A retinal scan is usually intended to see the pattern in a retina of a person. Its uses mainly involve identifying a person, a technique that is used by some agencies, including NASA and CIA. In the ...

Optos, a medical device company specializing in devices that image the retina, announced that the U.S. Air Force is now using the company’s Ultrawide-field Panaoramic200 Scanning Laser Opthalmoscope ...

Researchers have identified novel retinal vascular signatures that are significantly associated with the risk for a first stroke. When combined with age and sex, these retinal “fingerprints” predicted ...

Researchers at Laval University and the CERVO Brain Research Center in Québec have developed a groundbreaking, non-invasive method to diagnose Parkinson’s disease (PD) early using a simple eye scan.

New Zealand-based AI healthcare firm Toku Eyes has brought its retina-based AI health screening platform to the United States. Its latest offering, the ORAiCLE, can assess and calculate a person's ...

Heart disease is the number one cause of death among American adults. Conditions like obesity or diabetes increase a person’s risk of developing heart disease, and blood tests or blood pressure ...

It sounds like science fiction, but New Mexico State University researchers are testing advanced eye-scanning technology on cattle as part of a national tracking system for animal health. "Retinal ...

GREENPORT — Incarcerated individuals at the Columbia County Jail are having their retinas scanned to check their identities and to verify they are receiving the proper medications. Their scans are ...

We’ve been looking at the wrong part of the eye. New research shows the earliest signs of Alzheimer's are hidden at the very edges of the retina.