Most ophthalmic artificial intelligence ethics studies address diagnostic algorithm development.
Current status and solutions for AI ethics in ophthalmology: a bibliometric analysis.
Xinwei Chen … Haotian Lin
NPJ digital medicine · 2025
Background
Ophthalmology, an early adopter of medical artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence), has made significant advancements, but ethical discussions limited.
Results
most studies examined ethics while developing artificial intelligence tools that diagnose eye conditions
78.3%
diagnostic algorithm d
11.5%
directly target ethica
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This bibliometric analysis reviewed 498 publications from Web of Science and Scopus (2000-2023) to explore the evolution, status, thematic trends, data modalities and their ethical focus, and solutions in ophthalmic artificial intelligence ethics.
Ethical concerns focus on privacy, fairness, and transparency.
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Ethical priorities differ by modality with fundus imaging (59.4%) and Optical Coherence Tomography (Optical Coherence Tomography) (30.9%) as the most common.
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Conclusion
This study highlights the need for artificial intelligence technologies and guidelines to address ethical challenges in ophthalmology, offering a future direction for research and innovation in medical artificial intelligence governance.