Comparison Study of Funduscopic Examination Using a Smartphone-Based Digital Ophthalmoscope and the Direct Ophthalmoscope

In the United States and abroad, the use of smartphones is ubiquitous in everyday life and has strongly influenced our culture. This revolution in technology has provided us with utilitarian devices that are portable, easy to learn and use, and compatible with applications (apps) that fill a variety of niches. These features are what make smartphones so relevant to health care, although they remain a resource in medicine that is still vastly untapped. However, new telemedicine-based apps and accessories are being developed in the field of ophthalmology that allow the user to capture images or
Source: Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Source Type: research