A METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND PROCESSING IMAGES OF AN OCULAR FUNDUS BY MEANS OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

A method for acquiring and processing images of the ocular fundus by means of a portable electronic device (1), wherein the portable electronic device comprises a photographic camera or video camera (2) capable of acquiring a plurality of images at a predetermined frequency, and a processor capable of processing these images, the method comprising:acquiring a plurality of images of the ocular fundus by means of the photographic camera or video camera of the electronic device,mapping certain images selected from the plurality of acquired images, wherein the selected images are positioned relative to one another so as to form a map of the ocular fundus formed by the assembly of the selected images, and the positioning of each image relative to the other, previously selected, images is carried out within a maximum time interval of 125 milliseconds, andjoining the selected images or images corresponding to them according to the mutual positioning defined by the mapping, so as to generate a single image of the ocular fundus.