• DocumentCode
    1850130
  • Title

    EWS for detecting macular degeneration

  • Author

    Qidwai, Uvais ; Humphrey, Curtis

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    38199
  • Firstpage
    121
  • Lastpage
    124
  • Abstract
    In this paper an embedded prototype testing device has been presented that was developed in order to formalize the testing procedure in order to detect the indications of macular degeneration (MD) in the human eye. The basic idea of increased delay time for the diseased eye is exploited in this work and a simple and easy to use prototype has been materialized. In order to make a fully automated early warning system (EWS) to detect the macular degeneration symptoms, this device can be used as the data collection source. At present, this device is being used for clinical testing and collecting the necessary data.
  • Keywords
    biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; diseases; eye; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; EWS; automated early warning system; clinical testing; data collection source; delay time; diseased eye; embedded prototype testing device; human eye; macular degeneration detection; macular degeneration symptoms; testing procedure; Automatic testing; Biomedical engineering; Computer science; Degenerative diseases; Delay effects; Eyes; Humans; Prototypes; Retina; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    E-Tech 2004
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8655-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ETECH.2004.1353855
  • Filename
    1353855