This new app could screen for neurological disorders and diseases at home.
is concerned, the condition is commonly unrecognized. Detecting a sign on your own early on is such a beneficial tool for cognitive wellness.If you're curious about how the app works, we have the scoop. The method involves taking a color recording of your eyes using the app on your smartphone. Since newer phones have a near-infrared camera built right into them, photos can detect the difference between your pupil and iris, regardless of eye color.
The process measures the exact distance between you and your smartphone, and your pupil size is ultimately converted into millimeters. . Essentially, any detected changes in measurements discovered by the app can be indicative of cognitive disorders.Colin Barry, first author of the study and electrical and computer engineering Ph.D.
Edward Wang, the UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor who led the Digital Health Lab team, explains,"By testing directly with older adults, we learned about ways to improve our system's overall usability and even helped us innovate older adult specific solutions that make it easier for those with different physical limits to still use our system successfully.
Psychiatry professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the MHTech Center Eric Granholm, explains,"A scalable smartphone assessment tool that can be used for large-scale community screenings could facilitate the development of pupil response tests as minimally-invasive and inexpensive tests to aid in the detection and understanding of diseases like Alzheimer's disease. This could have a huge public health impact.
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