Teleophthalmology assessment of diabetic retinopathy fundus images: Smartphone versus standard office computer workstation

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-162

  Kumar, Sajeesh ^a,c   Wang, Erh Hsuan ^a   Pokabla, Michael J ^b   Noecker, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic retinopathy; digital images; smartphone; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEASIBILITY; CURRENT LIMITATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; DIGITAL IMAGE; FUNDUS IMAGE; GOLD STANDARDS; MEDICAL DATA; NON-MYDRIATIC; PHOTO ASSESSMENTS; TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY;

EYE PROTECTION; GOLD; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SIGNAL ENCODING; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

SMARTPHONES;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EVALUATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

CELLULAR PHONE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84863229792     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0089     Document Type: Article

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