mHealth Intelligence December 14, 2023
UC San Diego engineers developed a new tool that attaches to smartphone cameras that can enable assessments of neurological conditions regardless of eye color.
Screening people early and often for potential health conditions is critical for stemming disease progression and improving patient outcomes. With the advent of advanced digital health tools, various types of screenings can be brought outside the hospital walls and into the community.
With this goal in mind, University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) engineers recently developed a smartphone attachment that can help screen people for a variety of neurological conditions. The attachment enables pupillometry, that is, measuring pupil dilation, which can support neurological assessments.
However, pupillometers are expensive, creating a major barrier to neurological...
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