https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/111330
Title: | FEASIBILITY OF TELE-OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR SCREENING FOR EYE DISEASE IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES | Authors: | CHEN, LI-SHENG TSAI, CHENG-YUAN TUNG, TAO-HSIN CHIU, YUEH-HSIA CHAN, CHANG-CHUAN 陳秀熙 |
Keywords: | GRADING DIABETIC-RETINOPATHY;TELEMEDICINE;TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY;GLAUCOMA | Issue Date: | 2004 | Journal Volume: | v.10 | Journal Issue: | n.6 | Start page/Pages: | 337-341 | Source: | JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE | Abstract: | We assessed the feasibility of tele-ophthalmology in a remote location, Tungyin, an island 200 km from Taiwan, which has no ophthalmologist. Screening for eye diseases was carried out among residents aged 40 years or more. A total of 113 subjects, approximately 31% of the whole population, were enrolled in the screening programme. Images were transmitted (via ADSL) to a retinal specialist in Taiwan for diagnosis. The average processing time, excluding the time for copying files, was 6.4 s (SD 2.1) per subject. Transmission took 60-90s for most of the images (83%). The average time required to make a diagnosis for each subject, including data entry, was approximately 34 s (SD 18). In screening for retinopathy, the detection rate with digital imaging (8.8%) was two times higher than with indirect ophthalmoscopy, (4.4%). In 12% of cases macular degeneration was identified, and in 6% there were mild or moderate problems with the optic disc. Community-based screening for four categories of eye disease was successfully demonstrated using store-and-forward tele-ophthalmology. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/83505 |
Appears in Collections: | 環境與職業健康科學研究所 |
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