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ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE (AI)

& OPHTHALMOLOGY

SANJAY K MISHRA SURESH KUMAR MALIKA ABBAS SANYA MISHRA
SCIENTIST YADAV M.OPTOM. (P), JAMIA B.TECH. (CSE), JAMIA
DR. R P CENTRE FOR SCIENTIST, DR R P CENTRE HAMDARD, NEW DELHI HAMDARD, NEW DELHI
OPHTHALMIC SCIENCES, FOR OPHTHALMIC
AIIMS, NEW DELHI SCIENCES, AIIMS, NEW
DELHI

he contribution of computers in modern-day computers which was laid down in
our lives is Gigantic. There is hardly millenniums Before Christ.
Tany field that is not influenced by
computer contribution. We live in a world From the historic era, we credit Charles
where Alexa plays the music in the living Babbage (1822) as the father of computers. The
th
room, and Siri sets the alarm on the phone. 17 century gave us analog calculator, which
Not far is the day when most of us will was followed by analog computers during the
th
have robots in our homes, loading the 19 century.
dishwasher and assembling our furniture. The digital era started with the following 5
We already have drones, and experiments generations of computers:
on driverless cars are going on. In the
present era, which is also known as the The first generation (1940-56) started with the
nd
Martian Era, computers made it possible invention of vacuum tubes, the 2 generation
rd
for one to reach the Mars. (1957-63) with transistors, the 3 generation
COMPUTERS ALTHOUGH COMPUTERS HAVE
When humans started civilizing, they BEEN PLAYING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN
needed to count things. Therefore, they THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
discovered the numbers and number OF DISEASES, FROM 2016 ONWARDS,
system. Even before that they needed A BIG CHUNK OF INVESTMENTS
to calculate, therefore, they invented
the abacus. This was a most important IS SEEN IN AI IN BIOMEDICAL
invention, not less than invention of a RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
wheel. Abacus was the foundation stone of

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