MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641018740 A) filed by Nandha Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 19, for 'automated system and method for glaucoma detection using retinal fundus images.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. R. Suguna; Dr. S. Devi; Ms. N. Zahira Jahan; Ms. S. Saradha; Ms. S. Karthiga; and Ms. K. Subhashini.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an automated system for detecting glaucoma using retinal fundus images. The system employs image acquisition and preprocessing techniques followed by machine learning-based ...