Dr.Siddhartha Bose, B18543
Aims: To demonstrate the use of smartphone-based fundus camera for detecting retinal pathology in camps.
Methods and Material: This is a prospective comparative study. Two investigators were recruited, one trained in conventional indirect ophthalmoscopy and the other in smartphone-based fundus photography. A smartphone and a 20-D lens were used to record the fundus in video mode. Thirty-six patients having non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy were included in the study and examined by both. Clinical staging done by them on the basis of their individual photographs were compared.
Statistical analysis used: Chi-square test.
Results: Quality images of retina were obtained. Investigators were able to deduce the same clinical staging for 33 out of 36 patients (p=0.02).
Conclusions: The digital images can be forwarded to the retina specialists and opinion on management or referral can thus be sought. This will help bring specialized medical expertise to masses at remote places.
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