Analysis of Retinal Images to Diagnose Stargardt Disease

Stargardt disease is also called Stargardt macular dystrophy, juvenile macular degeneration. The disease causes the macula to gradually weaken or degenerate, which is a small area in the center of the retina responsible for sharp, straight-ahead view. There is no remedy or treatment for this disease. Physicians, however, also recommend that people wear sun glasses in the sun and places where the light is bright. Diagnosis of this disease will take more days but we can diagnose the disease in a matter of minutes by comparing the unaffected eye to affected eye using automated algorithm and advanced histogram technique We plan to use LABVIEW tools to incorporate this technique.