SYNAPSE EXPLORES NEW MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS VIA CAMERA CELL PHONES
Asia Pulse
Dec 15, 2004

TOKYO, Dec 15 Asia Pulse – Artificial intelligence developer Synapse
Communications Inc. plans to launch at the end of next year a service
that checks for diseases by looking at images of irises captured with
camera cellular phones.

The iris is the thin circular membrane between the cornea and lens of
the eye.

The firm plans to tap the findings of Armenia’s artificial
intelligence development center. The former Soviet Union republic’s
national research institution discovered that patients with different
diseases have different iris conditions, and it has created a database
on this correlation.

Those subscribing to the new service will connect to the designated
Web page through their cell phones and use their camera-equipped
handsets to shoot and send images of irises. Synapse will analyze the
information by looking for spots and deformations, for example, and
check the results against the database to alert users to possible
illnesses such as internal diseases.

The company does not intend to venture into medical practice, only to
provide information and recommend measures to stay healthy, such as
diet and exercise. The price of the service is yet to be decided.

The Armenian-Japanese Scientific, Educational and Cultural Ties
Association, a group that promotes exchanges between the two
countries, played matchmaker for Synapse and the Armenian research
center.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress