Fundus photography in the 21st century -a review of recent technological advances and their implications for worldwide healthcare

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 198-208

  Panwar, Nishtha ^a   Huang, Philemon ^b   Lee, Jiaying ^b   Keane, Pearse A ^c,d   Chuan, Tjin Swee ^a   Richhariya, Ashutosh ^e   Teoh, Stephen ^b   Lim, Tock Han ^b   Agrawal, Rupesh ^b,c,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fundus camera; Ophthalmic screening; Portable camera system; Portable eye examination kit; Retinal photography; Slit lamp adaptors; Smartphone based camera system; Tele ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

CAMERA SYSTEMS; FUNDUS CAMERA; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PORTABLE EYE EXAMINATION KIT; SLIT-LAMP ADAPTORS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; WEB-BASED TRANSFERS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE DISEASES; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84962170796     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0068     Document Type: Review

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