An Artificial Intelligence Based Glucometer for Diabetic Patients using Urinal Analysis

There are nearly about 50.8 million people in the world who have diabetes and maintaining the blood sugar level of diabetic patients is very important. The diabetic patient regularly monitor their glucose level by pricking the finger for taking blood samples 4-5 times a day and controls their sugar level by taking appropriate dosage of medicine. An artificial intelligence based image processing application has been developed, which non-invasively measures the glucose concentration present in the urine sample of a person and hence the equivalent blood glucose level of that person is inferred. Blood sugar level of a person from his/her urine sample has been monitored by noting the colour change of the test sample, when it is reacted with Benedict's reagent. The colour change of the sample is identified with the help of the camera and displays the result in the form of hue (predominant colour) value. This measurement has become possible by training the neural network using the hue value as the input vector and the glucose value as the test vector. A linear relationship has been obtained successfully with an accuracy of about 96.93%. technology, this non invasive blood sugar monitoring device is modeled. Diabetes mellitus is a deficiency in which the body cannot regulate the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood (1). The glucose present in the body provides the energy to perform person"s daily activities. The liver performs the conversion of food into glucose and the glucose is then released into the bloodstream. The blood glucose level of a healthy person is regulated by hormones like insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas, a small organ that lies between the stomach and liver. The pancreas also releases some other enzymes which help to digest the food. Insulin is very helpful in moving the glucose out of the blood into the cell throughout the body, where it is used as a fuel (2). People with diabetes either do not produce enough insulin or cannot use insulin properly in day-to-day life or both. In diabetes, glucose cannot move efficiently into the cells, so glucose level in the blood remains high. This starves the cells which needs the fuel (i.e) glucose. It also harms the organs and tissues exposed to high glucose levels.