Full Description
This book describes digital ophthalmology and telemedicine applications for both front of the eye and retina. It includes technical issues, digital imaging, what clinical parameters to use, which technologies are suitable, and collective experiences of practitioners in different parts of the world practicing a wide range of digital eye care delivery. The main purpose of this book is to provide adequate information to clinicians and other health professionals who are involved in eye care delivery to assess how digital health in ophthalmology might be applied to their working practice, how digital screenings are performed, and to learn about virtual image reading. Many of the chapters are also helpful to health service managers, imaging specialists, and information technology staff.
Digital Eye Care and Teleophthalmology: A Practical Guide to Applications examines digital eye care to provide state of art ophthalmic services. It is an essential resource for professionals involved in eye care seeking to develop or improve their digital applications in daily practice.
Contents
1. Tele-Ophthalmology and COVID.- 2. A Practical Guide to Telehealth in Ophthalmology.- 3. Smartphone Technology for Teleophthalmology.- 4. Ethical Recommendations for Online Medical Consultation and Teleophthalmology.- 5. The Use of Telehealth in Optometry: Present and Future Clinical Applications.- 6. Low Vision and Ocular Rehabilitation Telehealth.- 7. Best Practices: Telemedicine-Diabetic Retinopathy.- 8. Teleretinal Diabetic Retinopathy Screening In Primary Care Settings - Considerations For Safety Net Organizations.- 9. Image processing in Retinal Imaging.- 10. OCT imaging and applications in the retina.- 11. Ultrawide field imaging.- 12. Digital Glaucoma.
