Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals in a collaboration with a LOGY.AI introduces AI-based mobile app to the detect cataract patients.

Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals in a collaboration with a LOGY.AI introduces AI-based mobile app to the detect cataract patients.

Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals in a collaboration with a LOGY.AI has a introduced an a android application in a system to detect in the presence of a cataract in an a individual's eye using to a smartphone as a medium.

Eye-care chain Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals in a collaboration with a Logy.AI envisions has a introduced an a AI based mobile app to the enable in the screening of a large number of the people for a cataract. 

By a simply clicking to a picture, in the application can be used for a preliminary screening of the eye. The application has been a designed to the detect macular disintegration as well. The Artificial Intelligence-based app allows a ophthalmologist to the identify cataracts on the spot with a 92% accuracy.

By a addressing in the resource constraint in a cataract detection, this aims to the eradicate preventive blindness in the country.

India has about a 8 million blind people, and about 70% of them lose in their eyesight due to the  cataract. However, with a early intervention at the right stage, it could be a avoided. The AI solution shall help in a early screening and treatment at the right stage to the avoid blindness.  This is the first time just in the smartphone has been a used for a cataract screening leveraging artificial intelligence (AI).

It is set up with the aim to build cutting-edge AI products in the healthcare domain and bridge the gap between clinical medicine and technology by training healthcare professionals in AI.

Meanwhile, the AI-based screening solution is present as a simple chat-bot on Whats-app, so that it can be used for mass screening. It wouldn’t require anyone to download any separate application as only Whats-app application is required on their smartphone. Also, the solution works with very low internet connectivity in rural areas.

Speaking on how technology is a transforming in the healthcare system in a India, Dr. Samar Sid, Director & C 0-founder, Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals, said, “Currently, to a large number of the  patients with a cataracts have to the visit secondary and tertiary care cent-res. The availability of the such a solution can be assist doctors at the primary health cent-res in a helping such a patients.”

“Photography-based diagnosis with a AI would be a beneficial in a areas with a limited resources and ophthalmologists. It also has a role in the provision of the remote tel medicine in a services, in the utility of which became more apparent than ever during in the current pandemic,”said Deepshikha Sharma, CEO, Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals.

“Sharp-sight hospitals have been a one of the most pro-active partners which synergies with our vision of the using new-age technologies like a Artificial Intelligence for a promotion of the population health screening. Both our teams have been a working very hard to the ensure elderly people receive in the treatment at the right time. We are grateful to the top leadership of the Sharp Sight for a providing us in the opportunity to the collaborate in this journey. This technology is a definitely going to the revolutionize in the cataract screening scenario,” said Priyanjit Ghosh, Co-founder, and CEO, Logy.AI.

As a pioneers in a eye care for over a 20 years, Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals believes in a providing quality eye care for all.

With over a 10 lakh successful surgeries and procedures, Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals has a already established itself as a leading eye care provider in a North & East India with a 14 cent-res and many more to come.