Trained nurse–operated teleophthalmology screening approach as a cost-effective tool for diabetic retinopathy

Is it time to consider teleophthalmology as a game-changer in the management of diabetic retinopathy?

“…The general consensus is that teleophthalmology based on AI is a viable promising approach to detect DR, (51,53,55,56,60,(62)(63)(64)(65)(66)(67)(68)(69) and also cost-effective. (70)(71)(72)(73)(74) From the literature, it is observed that a few researchers have carried out a review on smartphone-based retinal image analysis concluding that it is a quick and cost-effective tool. (75)(76)(77)(78) Further supportive data for this notion were obtained by Malerbi et al (79) in the retrospective study that evaluated the capability of semiautomated DR screening with mobile handheld retinal camera to diagnose mtm-DR and VTDR after pupil dilation in 824 patients.…”

Diabetic Retinopathy Grading by Deep Graph Correlation Network on Retinal Images Without Manual Annotations

“…The automatic diabetic retinopathy grading system aims to assist in early diagnosis and grading, which is crucial in diabetic retinopathy screening procedures and requires robust discernment and sufficiently wide computer screens. Several representative attempts have achieved promising effectiveness for grading fundus images ( 1 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 19 ).…”

Diabetic retinopathy: An often missed window of opportunity

“…A recently published study by Chawla et al [ 11 ] “Trained nurse–operated tele ophthalmology screening approach as a cost-effective tool for diabetic retinopathy” highlighted the role of teleophthalmology for economical screening for diabetic retinopathy in developing countries. The photographs taken on a dilated fundus using an approved imaging camera by a trained health care provider and streaming them through the Internet to a specialty eye centre or ophthalmologist for reporting enabled basic screening for the presence of diabetic retinopathy on a large scale.…”