Author Interviews, Diabetes, Ophthalmology, Telemedicine / 08.01.2015
Telemedicine Convenient and Cost-Effective For Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Shi Lili
Department of Medical informatics and Nantong University Library
Nantong University, Nantong, China
Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most frequently occurring complication of diabetes and one of the major causes of acquired blindness in the working-age population around the world. DR can be detected using various methods. Telemedicine based on digital photographs of the fundus is being used with increasing frequency to detect DR, and especially for Diabetic retinopathy screening. The purpose of our study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of telemedicine in the full range of DR and DME severity compared with the current gold standard.
We found that the diagnostic accuracy of telemedicine using digital imaging in DR was overall high. It can be used widely for Diabetic retinopathy screening.
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