Mobile cataract screening app using a smartphone

摘要

The cataract is the leading cause of blindness and affecting nearly 22 million Americans aged 40 and older. Cataract screening is a process usually carries out by an ophthalmologist using specialise equipment. The hurdles that we are facing today to screen for cataract include the availability of medical practitioner and proper equipment, especially in the rural area. Other problems include the cost and time involved to do eye examination from the medical practitioner. In this proposal, we aim to research on an alternate cataract screening solution that is readily available without any external attachments and can be used by the general public with flash enabled smartphone without any external attachments and can be used by the general public with flash enabled smartphone.