In news– Doctors of AIIMS Hospital have come up with a tool named AFTER that will detect human emotions.
About AIIMS Facial Toolbox for Emotions Recognition (AFTER)-
- Doctors believe that with the help of this tool, it will be easier to treat patients with autism, schizophrenia and depression.
- People have to look at the human expression range of this device and tell what they are feeling. After which the answers of the people will be measured with the rating system installed inside this device.
- The clinical utility of this tool is that Emotion Recognition Capability can be detected from people with neuropsychiatric conditions.
- This tool is beneficial for the patients as well as the doctors. Being computerised, with the help of this tool, doctors will know about the Emotion Recognition task in the brain.
About AIIMS-
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, also known as AIIMS Delhi, is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India.
- The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- The idea of AIIMS arose in 1946, after a recommendation by the Health Survey of the Government of India.
Source: Business Word
