The Role of Telemedicine to Alleviate an Increasingly Burdened Healthcare System: Retinopathy of Prematurity
Fares Antaki, Kenan Bachour, Tyson N. Kim, Cynthia X. Qian
Abstract
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 including noncontact imaging systems, smartphone-based imaging tools, and deep learning algorithms.
Topics & Concepts
TelemedicineRetinopathy of prematurityMedicineDigital imagingFundus (uterus)Healthcare systemOptometryPopulationHealth careMedical physicsOphthalmologyComputer scienceDigital imageArtificial intelligenceImage processingGestational agePregnancyImage (mathematics)Environmental healthPolitical scienceGeneticsLawBiologyRetinopathy of Prematurity StudiesNeonatal and fetal brain pathologyRetinal Diseases and Treatments