Smartphones for ophthalmic fundus imagingA review
- Ian Roberts Martínez-Aguirre 1
- Yrbani Lantigua Dorville 1
- José Manuel Alonso Maroto 1
- Mercedes Tabares Sánchez 1
- María Ester Zarzosa 1
- Francisco Javier Jiménez Benito 1
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Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Burgos
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ISSN: 1697-090X
Année de publication: 2017
Número: 3
Pages: 66-73
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Revista Electrónica de Biomedicina
Résumé
Ophthalmoscopes (direct and indirect) and fundus cameras are the most often used instruments to explore and photograph the eye fundus in ophthalmology. Traditional fundus cameras offer good-quality images but are bulky, technician dependent, costly and require a physical space. The actual extended use of smartphones with their integrated high resolution cameras has allowed their application into the fundus imaging field. Smartphone fundus imaging devices provide the chance of capturing fundus images in remote areas such as rural areas with no medical settings, humanitarian projects in developing countries, medical surgeries, hospital wards, emergency rooms and operating theatres. This paper reviews some of the recent techniques and devices for smartphone fundus imaging.