Samsung has unveiled a retina camera designed to transform older smartphones Galaxy to ophthalmology equipment that can help diagnose eye diseases. The device is being developed as part of the program Galaxy Upcycling, which aims to change older Samsung phones into various useful devices, including those that can be used in the healthcare sector.
The fundus camera attaches to the lens attachment and on older smartphones Galaxy uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze and diagnose eye diseases. It connects to the app to get patient data and suggest a treatment regimen. According to Samsung, the device can test patients for conditions that can lead to blindness, including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, at a fraction of the cost of commercial instruments. The technology giant collaborated with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and the South Korean research institution Yonsei University Health System to develop the camera. The research and development institute Samsung R&D Institute India-Bangalore also contributed to its development, which developed software for it.
Samsung fundus first showed the Eyelike camera at the Samsung Developer Conference event two years ago. A year earlier, it was prototyped in Vietnam, where it was supposed to help more than 19 thousand residents there. It is now under program expansion Galaxy Upcycling also available to residents of India, Morocco and New Guinea.
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