The study detected physical differences in the eyes of people with Parkinson's and those without the condition.
The researchers believe the eye scans could detect the disease early and hope they can be performed routinely in future
Teams from London's Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology used AI to analyse a dataset and pick up on retinal markers. The process was repeated using data from a medical database, assessing 67,311 healthy volunteers aged between 40 and 69.
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