Barbara Barclay, president of RightEye LLP.
It was developed by a team of experts that includes: Dr. Mark Baron,
a neurology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and
the interim director of the school's Parkinson’s and Movement
Disorders Centre; Paul Wetzel, associate professor of biomedical
engineering in the VCU School of Engineering; and Dr. George
Gitchel, associate director of research at the Southeast/Richmond
Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centre.
In September, VCU announced that The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research awarded a $1 million grant to its
Schools of Medicine and Engineering to further evaluate the new
diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s disease.
“The test, which offers more accuracy than traditional diagnostic
methods, takes only five minutes and has a dramatically lower cost
than the extensive, costly PET, DAT and MRI scans frequently
ordered for diagnosis,” RightEye says.
RightEye’s platform, which was launched earlier this year, already
offers eye-tracking-based tests that can address a range of health
issues such as concussions, vision disorders and reading issues.
They can also be used to assess the vision strengths and areas for
improvement in athletes.
RightEye tests take only minutes to complete and results and
recommendations are available instantly thanks to its cloud-based
platform, Barclay said.
So far, the company's software is being used by emergency rooms,
neurologists, physical therapists and in other health care settings.
Barclay said it takes about an hour to set up the hardware, which
includes a remote eye tracker and computer system and is available
for purchase through RightEye.
Companies pay an annual software fee to RightEye to use the tests.
Visit www.righteye.com for more information.
32 Optical Prism | November 2016