Design of Customizable Automated Low Cost Eye Testing System
Background and Objectives: In many underdeveloped and third world countries, eye care is often neglected due to illiteracy. Particularly people in rural areas suffer with eye problems due to mal nutrition. The government is spending lot of money and efforts in screening the people at periodic in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4115/27-%207627_040214_7627_CE[Ra]_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK).pdf |
| Summary: | Background and Objectives: In many underdeveloped and
third world countries, eye care is often neglected due to illiteracy.
Particularly people in rural areas suffer with eye problems due
to mal nutrition. The government is spending lot of money and
efforts in screening the people at periodic intervals. One of
the challenges faced by the doctors is screening the school
children.
Materials and Methods: The standard Snellen letter chart based
diagnostic system does not work always. There are instances
where the first few students who undergo this diagnostic system,
memorize the letter sequence of the Snellen letter chart and
convey the same to other fellow students. Hence other students
simply read out the Snellen letter sequence from their memory,
not by looking at the Snellen letter chart. Thus there is a need
of randomizing the sequence of letters being displayed on the
Snellen letter chart for every student to be diagnosed for eye
testing.
Conclusion: In the present paper we are proposing a
customizable, software based, cost effective solution which
involves a standard personal computer (PC) fitted with a camera,
headphone and speaker system. The envisaged system can be
administered even by the trained persons. The proposed system
is also suitable for remote diagnosis of patients, particularly in the
field of telemedicine. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |