Pupillary Predictor of Treatment Outcome for Affective Disorders

Description

The subject invention is a technique that uses pupillary responses to predict response to treatment for affective disorders. Pupillary responses can be extracted from any sufficiently detailed image of the eye, including webcam pictures. Using standard capture of eye images in response to stimuli, this technique can discriminate likelihood of outcomes to best-practices treatment for affective disorders.

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Quick Facts:
Reference Number
02473
Technology Type
Diagnostic/Assay
Technology Subtype
Other Diagnostic/Assay
Therapeutic Areas
Mental and Behavioral Health
Therapeutic Indications
DepressionBipolar
Lead Inventor
Greg Siegle
Department
Med-Psychiatry
All Tech Innovators
Greg Jeremy Siegle Ph.D.
Date Submitted
2011-05-04