Pupillary dynamic monitoring for mobile health

The world´s ageing population has become a great concern, as many resources have to be allocated to serve the foreseen large population of elderly and chronic patients. There is therefore a growing need for wearable systems for autonomous physiologic monitoring. While various physiologic signals, such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG), are being monitored with traditional methods, it is worthwhile to explore alternative sensing approaches in order to improve accessibility and understanding of patients´ conditions. This paper proposes a new approach which monitors the eye, particularly the pupillary dynamics, for mobile health. Preliminary results from experiments and simulations suggest that pupillary dynamic monitoring has potential in providing effective ubiquitous healthcare.