An innovation in glaucoma screening has won a University of Auckland Velocity entrepreneurial development prize.
Named Vision Psyence by its creators, Professor Steven Dakin and PhD student Soheil Mohammadpour Doustkouhi, the automatic screening system has been designed to detect early signs of glaucoma. “We have developed an automatic and easily accessible screening system to counteract vision loss caused by glaucoma,” said Doustkouhi in the School of Optometry and Vision Science (SOVS) blog announcing the award.
Vision Psyence measures the reflexive movements of patients’ eyes when they look at moving patterns. The advantage of such an approach compared to measures such as visual field tests is the patient does not have to do anything apart from look at a screen, he said. “This has the potential to help us develop tests that are faster, less stressful to the patient and more sensitive to the early stages of this serious eye disease.”
The Velocity Innovation Challenge 2019 $1000 prize was presented by Auckland University’s commercialisation arm UniServices executive director Will Charles.
