Scientist develops retinal scan technology to identify early childhood autism

Beijing: A Hong Kong scientist has developed a method to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to scan retinas of children as young as six to detect early autism or the risk of autism and hopes to develop a commercial product this year.

The technology can be used to identify children at risk of autism and get them into treatment programmed sooner, scientists said. Scientists hope that the technology can be developed into a commercial product to combat autism during the current year 2021.