5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS, presented on AI's potential to enhance surgical care for glaucoma patients at the 2026 American Glaucoma Society meeting.

• 2

  AI models can predict glaucoma progression using a single baseline visual field, improving proactive surgical decision-making.

• 3

  A study analyzed over 1.7 million perimetry points from 4,000 patients to forecast future visual fields based on historical data.

• 4

  Combining disc photos and OCT data in a multimodal model significantly improves visual field predictions compared to single-modality approaches.

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  Large longitudinal multimodal data sets are essential for training effective AI models to guide glaucoma treatment decisions.