SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELE-OPHTHALMOLOGY

摘要

Systems and methods for screening (2) and tracking ophthalmic disease in a plurality of patients. The invention includes a screening subsystem comprising a non-mydriatic camera for obtaining digital images of eyes of the patients (2), a central database (3) for storing the digital images of the eyes of patients as well as patient demographic data and related health data, and a central server (3) comprising a computer which executes retionpathy grading algorithms (3), wherein the retinopathy grading algorithms regognize and assign a grade to ophthalmic disease present in the digital eye image an store the results in the central database. The invention also provides a method for screening and tracking ophthalmic disease in a patient with the steps of obtaining digital images of eyes of the patient by means of a screening subsystem comprising a camera (2), transmitting the obtained digital image to a central database (3) and to a central server (3), executing retinopathy grading algorithms that recognize and assign a grade to ophthalmic disease present in the digital eye images, and storing the transmitted digital images and the results of the retinopathy grading algorithms in the central database.