{"id":123707,"date":"2025-11-10T09:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123707"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:23:39","slug":"abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/","title":{"rendered":"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eProfessor Emmanuel Balogun of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has led a landmark international study that successfully validated the Smart Eye Camera (SEC) as a reliable, low-cost device for preventing and treating blindness in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe study, carried out in collaboration with scientists and ophthalmologists from Nigeria and Japan, confirmed that the Smart Eye Camera, a smartphone-mounted diagnostic tool developed by OUI Inc., Japan, can effectively replace the traditional slit-lamp microscope used in eye examinations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eTitled \u201cValidation and Optimization of Smart Eye Camera as Teleophthalmology Device for the Reduction of Preventable and Treatable Blindness in Nigeria,\u201d the research has been published in Eye, a prestigious Nature journal in ophthalmology.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe SEC enables high-quality eye examinations for detecting conditions such as cataracts, corneal ulcers, and keratitis. Trials conducted at ECWA Eye Hospital, Kano, and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, showed that the device achieved up to 96 per cent diagnostic accuracy, matching the performance of conventional slit-lamp machines.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe research was a multidisciplinary collaboration involving experts from ABU, ECWA Eye Hospital Kano, ABU Teaching Hospital, Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Yokohama Keiai Eye Clinic, and OUI Inc., Japan.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eA major breakthrough from the study is the SEC\u2019s affordability. While a standard slit-lamp microscope costs about N13 million, the Smart Eye Camera is priced around N1.7 million, making it a potential game-changer in a country where over 1.13 million people are blind, most of them in the Northwest region.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200ePortable and easy to use, the SEC is particularly valuable for rural and underserved communities with limited access to ophthalmologists. It also supports real-time telemedicine, allowing images captured in remote areas to be instantly transmitted to specialists for review. The device further provides cloud storage for data sharing and analysis.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eGlobally, the implications are significant. With more than 1.2 billion people suffering from visual impairment or blindness, 90 per cent of which are preventable or treatable, the Smart Eye Camera could redefine eye care delivery across developing nations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eProfessor Balogun and his international partners are now seeking investment partnerships to establish local production of the Smart Eye Camera in Nigeria. He said the initiative would position the country as a key player in Africa\u2019s eye-care technology manufacturing sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eImages from the project show Professor Balogun holding the device during a site visit to Japan, and the SEC being used to examine a child, clear proof of its versatility and impact.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eFor further inquiries, Professor Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun can be reached at the Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200eProfessor Emmanuel Balogun of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has led a landmark international study that successfully validated the Smart Eye Camera (SEC) as a reliable, low-cost device for&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u200eProfessor Emmanuel Balogun of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has led a landmark international study that successfully validated the Smart Eye Camera (SEC) as a reliable, low-cost device for&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-10T08:23:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"874\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"570\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-10T08:23:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\"},\"wordCount\":428,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\",\"name\":\"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-10T08:23:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg\",\"width\":874,\"height\":570},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care - Pointblank News","og_description":"\u200eProfessor Emmanuel Balogun of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has led a landmark international study that successfully validated the Smart Eye Camera (SEC) as a reliable, low-cost device for&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2025-11-10T08:23:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":874,"height":570,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care","datePublished":"2025-11-10T08:23:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/"},"wordCount":428,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/","name":"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-10T08:23:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/balo.jpg","width":874,"height":570},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abu-scientist-balogun-validates-smart-camera-for-eye-care\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ABU Scientist, Balogun Validates Smart Camera for Eye Care"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123710,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123707\/revisions\/123710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}