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Amina Irfan*, Osama Mukdadi, PhD.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/ WVU Eye Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505

Presentation Category: Science & Techonology (Oral Presentation)

Student’s Major: Mechanical Engineering

What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease that damages your eye’s optic nerve. It usually happens when fluid builds up in the front part of your eye. That extra fluid increases the pressure in your eye, damaging the optic nerve. There are two major types of glaucoma Primary open-angle glaucoma and Angle-closure glaucoma. In Primary open-angle glaucoma, It happens gradually, where the eye does not drain fluid as well as it should (like a clogged drain). This is the most common type of glaucoma.The objective of this research is to Image segment the glaucoma patient's eyes images to study and research on the inner part of the eye to better understand the results. The eyelashes and eyelids come into the way and it's hard to see the nerves in the eyes. There is not any treatment for glaucoma until today’s date and many physicians and scientists are researching it. That is what the goal is to come up with ideas to figure out a way to treat it. The articles were read to understand the disease. The videos were watched to find software that eliminates eyelashes and eyelids and just focuses on the inner part of the eye. The software that was tried is Image j, 3-D Slicer, Paint. The 3-DSlicer did not work very well with Jpeg Images. The images were cropped using Paint.

Funding: Federal Work Study

Program/mechanism supporting research/creative efforts: WVU's Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) & accompanying HONR 297-level course