Computer Vision News - May 2021

4 Computer Vision Research This month we continue in the topic of mental health and the evaluation of brain disorders based on computer vision and specifically using real-time eye movement detection. Neurosensory system and eye-brain connection The neurosensory retinas play a critical role in the functioning of our central nervous system. Multiple studies have shown that ocular evaluations can be used to assess CNS disorders. Brain disorders represent one of the most challenging issues to modern humans, indeed, novel approaches are needed to advance psychiatric medicine. In fact, approximately 80% of the sensory input to the human brain initiates from the vision system. The axons of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) send visual information collected on neurosensory retinas to the CNS. There are at least 20 nuclei that receive projections from the retinas into the mammalian brain. In the following paragraphs, multiple techniques will be introduced in which ocular assessments may serve as a non-invasive approach for the early diagnoses of various cognitive and psychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SZ), and major depressive disorder (MDD). C o m p u t e r V i s i o n f o r B r a i n D i s o r d e r s B a s e d P r i m a r i l y o n O c u l a r R e s p o n s e s I hope you are all keeping safe. Tomorrow I am getting my vaccine and I’m pretty excited but let’s be vigilant and keep everyone safe. India has a serious issue right now and even though science has provided a solution, there can always be more impediments on the way. Let’s help, any way we can. The article for the month is written by Xiaotao Li and others in the group of Kwok-Fai So and was published a few days ago in the Frontiers in Neurology Journal.