A team of international scientists has developed a new hand-held optical device that simply scans the retina to detect whether a person is suffering from eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration. The tool, which is about the size of a hand-held video camera, scans a patient's entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of retinal diseases. The new portable ophthalmic-screening ...Thursday, 26 December 2013
Device That can Detect Eye Disease by Simply Scanning the Retina Developed
A team of international scientists has developed a new hand-held optical device that simply scans the retina to detect whether a person is suffering from eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration. The tool, which is about the size of a hand-held video camera, scans a patient's entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of retinal diseases. The new portable ophthalmic-screening ...
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