Smartphones for ophthalmic fundus imagingA review

  1. Ian Roberts Martínez-Aguirre 1
  2. Yrbani Lantigua Dorville 1
  3. José Manuel Alonso Maroto 1
  4. Mercedes Tabares Sánchez 1
  5. María Ester Zarzosa 1
  6. Francisco Javier Jiménez Benito 1
  1. 1 Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Burgos
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    Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Burgos

    Burgos, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01j5v0d02

Revista:
Revista Electrónica de Biomedicina

ISSN: 1697-090X

Ano de publicación: 2017

Número: 3

Páxinas: 66-73

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Revista Electrónica de Biomedicina

Resumo

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.