Contact
TU Delft Valorisation Centre
Mekelweg 2
2628 CD Delft
T 015 278 6751
E valorisationcentre@tudelft.nl
DAISY
When using your eyes, it’s a miracle they are both looking in the same direction. Unfortunately this is not the case for all of us. Five percent of the world population has a serious misalignment of the two eyes. The official name for cross-eyedness is strabismus. It is usually treated with a surgical operation of the eye muscles, both for cosmetic reasons and to improve depth perception.
The outcome of these operations is often unsatisfactory, which leads to a re-operation for 20 to 50 percent of the patients, mostly children. The most important reason for this is the inaccurate measurement of the angle of strabismus, in other words: how crossed the eyes exactly are. To reduce the number of reoperations a new measurement tool is being designed. The name for this innovation is DAISY: Delft Assessment Instrument for Strabismus in Young Children. |
| |
DAISY’s prototype uses a stereo camera setup that automatically examines the angle of strabismus. Compared to current clinical assessments which are done manually, DAISY is far more accurate. Another serious advantage is a reduction of the examination time from about 15 minutes to less than 3 minutes.
