Ashesi University Graduate Develops AI Eye Screening Mobile App For Cataracts
Nicole Nanka Bruce, a computer science graduate from Ashesi University has developed AI screening mobile app for cataracts.
The 24 year old graduate recognized that cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in Ghana. To help solve this, she developed an AI-powered mobile app that allows users to conduct accurate home screenings for cataracts with 95% precision. Discover more exemplary senior-year research from our recently graduated Class of 2024.
According to Nicole Nanka Bruce, her first step was to research minds to that problem and understand how to leverage on existing technologies to address it.
She then built the app using flatter in order to make it available across various platforms like android and ios.
She explained that the app utilizes a convolutional network model that mimics the human brain in making predictions.
“I chose to use the convolutional network model, which mimics the human brain, in making predictions.
“After my research, I embarked on an iterative journey of training and modifying the model in order to improve it’s accuracy on a couple of data sets that I found online. I built the app using Flutter to make it across various platforms,” she stated in the video shared on Ashesi University’s LinkedIn page.
She add d that her software is cost effective and it’s available for everyone on Android and IOS.
“my projects provides a cost effective inaccessible screening tool for the layperson and also for medical offices on outreach programs he also aims to raise an awareness on the needs to be health conscious and seek timely treatments” she said.
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After creating the app, Nicole carried out a small-scale user study involving eye care professionals such as ophthalmologists and optometrists. The purpose of the study was to gather feedback on potential improvements, particularly regarding the app’s interface and accessibility. She also highlighted that the mobile app has an impressive accuracy rate of 95 percent.
In preparing for her senior-year research, Nicole Nanka-Bruce ’24 recognized that cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in Ghana. To help solve this, she developed an AI-powered mobile app that allows users to conduct accurate home screenings for cataracts with 95%… pic.twitter.com/qqHSTNi6s9
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