Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blind-ness in the world population. Early detection and appropriate treatment can significantly reduce the risk of loss of sight. Medical authorities recommend an annual review of the fundus for diabetic patients. Several screening programs for diabetic retinopathy in the world have been made to implement this recommendation. The purpose of this paper is to implement the idea and principle to facilitate the detection of this disease using tele-ophthalmology and the latest telecommunications tech-nologies. The present paper aims to develop an Android app named RETINA which captures retinal photographs using a microscopic lens, process them via several operators based on mathematical morphology after a filtering step by exploiting the library OpenCV, and stores them in a local or remote MySQL database. The application also offers a small service and facilitates the task for the doctor and ophthalmologist by allowing the inspection of files of remote patients.
Highlights
The advent of information technology and communications (ICT) has revolutionized the field of health to support the transformation of care delivery approaches [1], [2], [3]
Almost 80% of people are in developing countries and nearly half of patients have some degree of diabetic retinopathy at some point
This application is done under Android environment using the Open source software library Computer Vision (OpenCV)
Summary
The advent of information technology and communications (ICT) has revolutionized the field of health to support the transformation of care delivery approaches [1], [2], [3]. Telemedicine is a new tool that gives very attractive to people in remote areas access to medical care and advanced technology from the rest of the population. If he no longer has to travel far for treatment, the patient is more likely to first consult the doctor [13], because, as we know early detection is crucial in many cases. There was, in Europe, several research projects including the real-time video conferencing, visual electrodiagnostic, transmission of color photographs of the fundus and transmission of videotapes for evaluating the position and mobility of the eye This technology allows specialists around the world to assess a case and discuss the treatment options field.
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