Telemedicine platform for monitoring diabetic retinopathy

Author

Lancheros-Cuesta, Diana Janeth ; Tumialan, Antonio ; Giovanni, Jorge ; Perez, Vargas Hector ; Carrizosa, Marcelo

Author_Institution

Ing. en Automatizacion, Univ. de La Salle, Bogota, Colombia

fYear

2014

fDate

18-21 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Early detection of diseases in humans can start treatment and mitigate health consequences. Diabetic retinopathy can be detected early and treated to avoid serious damage to the retina of patients. This paper presents a computational model for monitoring diabetic retinopathy, based on telemedicine and technological tools, which enables communication practitioners (optometrists) in field with medical specialists in order to support the diagnosis and feed a data repository that is accessible in real time and from anywhere. For the design of the platform was taken into account manual diagnostic protocol by using retinal photographs taken on a mobile device. As a result it has a telemedicine platform that supports the processes of diagnosis, care and monitoring of diabetic retinopathy in vulnerable areas in Colombia.

Keywords

diseases; eye; mobile computing; patient care; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; patient treatment; telemedicine; Colombia; computational model; data repository; diabetic retinopathy care; diabetic retinopathy diagnosis; diabetic retinopathy monitoring; diseases detection; health consequence mitigation; manual diagnostic protocol; mobile device; patient treatment; retinal photographs; technological tools; telemedicine platform; Computational modeling; Diabetes; Monitoring; Retina; Retinopathy; Software; Telemedicine; diabetic retinopathy; information system; telemedicine; user profiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2014 9th Iberian Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISTI.2014.6876924

Filename

6876924