But what about diabetic patients who don’t see an ophthalmologist regularly? They’re missing critical eye screenings and the possible early detection of diabetic retinopathy. Retinal photography is often completed in ophthalmologists’ offices when doing routine exams. There are numerous reasons for care gaps in diabetic eye screenings.Ī large gap in care starts when patients don’t have access to fundus imaging. The Gap in Care with Eye Screenings for Diabetic RetinopathyĪccording to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 60% of Americans with diabetes are not receiving the critical eye care screenings that they need to detect diabetic retinopathy. What can speed up facilitating the care of diabetic retinopathy is improved eye screenings using retinal photography. Health care professionals should be doing everything possible to prevent this blinding eye condition. Diabetes is expected to continue growing in number, so it’s time to improve diabetic eye screenings to help patients and healthcare professionals alike. DR has a significant negative impact on patients and healthcare professionals. Yet, it is a treatable and preventable disease. It accounts for around 15-17% of total blindness in the United States and Europe. One-third of those with diabetes will end up with DR, and one-third of those people will have sight-threatening levels of diabetic retinopathy.ĭR is the leading cause of blindness in the economically active, working-age population. Retinal imaging as a source of biomarkers for diagnosis, characterization & prognosis of chronic illness or long-term conditions.Diabetes is increasing rapidly in the United States, and so is the secondary complication of diabetic retinopathy (DR). The application of retinal fundus camera imaging in dementia: A systematic review.ġ7 Jun 14. Peripheral retinal imaging biomarkers for alzheimer's disease: a pilot study.Ġ2 Dec 16. A multimodal approach to cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with type 2 diabetes incorporating retinal, genomic & clinical features.Ġ6 Apr 18. VAMPIRE® fundus image analysis algorithms: Validation & diagnostic relevance in hypertensive catsġ3 Mar 19. Association between hypertension & retinal vascular features in ultra-widefield fundus imaging.Ģ1 Mar 19. Retinal biomarkers discovery for cerebral small vessel disease in an older population.ġ0 Jan 20. The application of optical coherence tomography angiography in cerebral small vessel disease, ischemic stroke, & dementia: a systematic review.Ģ4 Jul 20. Quantitative measurements of enlarged perivascular spaces in the brain are associated with retinal microvascular parameters in older community-dwelling subjects.ġ0 Sep 20. Studying blood vessels in the eye is also useful in detecting and understanding diseases that affect the human circulatory system such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.įor example, with further research, we may soon be able to identify people with undiagnosed high blood pressure through pictures of their retina, thus enabling a doctor to prescribe appropriate medication and considerably reduce their risk of having a future heart attack or stroke.Ģ3 Sep 20. Subtle changes in the retina may reflect similar processes happening and these early signs may precede declining brain health by years or even decades. We are researching how we can use information from images of the retina to understand what is happening in the brain. These anatomical structures are shared with the brain, but where they are much less accessible. The back of the eye is called the retina and is one of the few places in the human body allowing easy observation of blood vessels and nerves. However, we analyse these images in more detail to see what other information they could reveal about the health of human body and brain. Similar types of imaging are performed at a high street optician for a standard eye health check-up. Light reflected back leaves the same way to be collected by the machine creating an image of the retina. Light from very low-power lasers or a camera flash enters the eye through the pupil.
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