Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Teleophthalmology System Using a Low-Cost Fundus Camera

Abstract

Our results from the first-ever research conducted on this topic in Iran showed that the teleophthalmology system is extremely accurate, that it can prevent unnecessary referrals and that it is useful for locating treatable patients. The results of this study could be of assistance in the running and expansion of such systems throughout Iran and Kerman Province to reduce eye damage arising from diabetes, decrease avoidable referrals to clinics, increase the availability of specialist visits for people in remote and rural areas and optimize the use of clinical infrastructures for patients in emergencies.