Lead investigator Bogunovic and the team from MedUni Vienna's ophthalmology department have now successfully used the very latest Artificial Intelligence technology to develop a computer model to calculate the risk of drusen disappearing — which happens in an intermediate stage of the disease — and hence also the elevated risk of developing advanced AMD. (sciencedaily.com)
In dry AMD, physicians often see soft, lipid - rich drusen in the outer retina, similar to the build - up of lipid material in the inner walls of blood vessels in atherosclerosis. (sciencedaily.com)
The authors note that the eyes with undiagnosed AMD that had AMD with large drusen would have been treatable with nutritional supplements had it been diagnosed. (sciencedaily.com)