Impact of number and quality of retinal images in a telemedicine screening program for ROP: results from the e-ROP study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine for the detection of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is becoming increasingly common; however, obtaining the required multiple retinal images from an infant can be challenging. This secondary analysis from the Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase Retinopathy of Prematurity (e-ROP) study evaluated the detection of referral-warranted ROP (RW-ROP) by trained readers when a full set of 5 retinal images could not be obtained.

Methods

A total of 7,905 image sets from 1,257 infants in the study were evaluated. Retinal location of images and image quality were recorded. Sensitivity and specificity of RW-ROP detection by trained readers were calculated by comparing findings in incomplete image sets to the findings on standard eye examination.

SUBMITTER: Morrison D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5156479 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature