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Watch: Selfie App Scans Eyes For Neurological Diseases

Zero Hedge

By Tyler Durden – May 3, 2022

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered an innovative way to detect neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s through a smartphone app that uses the device’s camera to monitor eye movement to assess cognitive health.

UC San Diego reports the new app utilizes the smartphone’s RGB selfie camera and the front-facing near-infrared camera to track how a person’s pupil changes in size. Those pupil measurements can reveal a person’s cognitive condition. 

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