The Role of Telemedicine to Alleviate an Increasingly Burdened Healthcare System: Retinopathy of Prematurity

Fares Antaki, Kenan Bachour, Tyson N. Kim, Cynthia X. Qian
2020 Ophthalmology and Therapy  
Telemedicine-based remote digital fundus imaging (RDFI-TM) offers a promising platform for the screening of retinopathy of prematurity. RDFI-TM addresses some of the challenges faced by ophthalmologists in examining this vulnerable population in both low- and high-income countries. In this review, we studied the evidence on the use of RDFI-TM and analyzed the practical framework for RDFI-TM systems. We assessed the novel technological advances that can be deployed within RDFI-TM systems
more » ... g noncontact imaging systems, smartphone-based imaging tools, and deep learning algorithms.
doi:10.1007/s40123-020-00275-5 pmid:32562242 fatcat:g3tkgszmcja43iih3cvzldn7ze