Ethan Yan: RetinAI: A Wearable System for Eye-Tumour Screening
RetinAI: A Wearable System for Eye-Tumour Screening.
Ethan Yan developed RetinAI, an artificial-intelligence system pairing a wearable headset with retinal imaging for possible eye-tumour screening outside specialist clinics. The project focuses on low-resource settings, where travel, equipment and ophthalmology capacity can delay detection. It reframes sophisticated imaging as a portable access problem.
Innovation mindset: Start from the healthcare setting that has the fewest resources, then simplify the delivery system without losing sight of clinical usefulness and the need for professional validation.
Official project title: Empowering Low-Resource Settings With RetinAI: An AI System With a Wearable Headset and Retinal Imaging for Eye Tumor Home-Screening (Biomedical Engineering).
IP note
No public IP record; any filing made around the May 2025 fair would not yet be published under the 18-month rule — register check due from late 2026.
Recognition
Regeneron ISEF 2025 — First Award ($6,000); EUCYS award (trip to the European Union Contest for Young Scientists).
What this means for a student inventor in India
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