Automated Evaluation System for Human Pupillary Behavior

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017:245:589-593.

Abstract

Analyzing human pupillary behavior is a non-invasive method for evaluating neurological activity. This method contributes to the medical field because changes in pupillary behavior can be correlated with several health conditions such as Parkinson, Alzheimer, autism and diabetes. Analyzing human pupillary behavior is simple and low-cost, and may be used as a complementary diagnosis. Therefore, this work aims to develop an automated system to evaluate human pupillary behavior. The solution consists of a portable recording device, a pupillometer; integrated with a recording and evaluation software based on computer vision. The system is able to stimulate, record, measure and extract relevant features of human pupillary behavior. The results show that the proposed system is fast and accurate, and can be used as an assessment tool for real and extensive clinical practice and research.

Keywords: Computers; Pupil.

MeSH terms

  • Automation
  • Humans
  • Neurologic Examination*
  • Pupil
  • Reflex, Pupillary*
  • Vision, Ocular