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South African Family Practice, 2010 Background: To evaluate the skill of fifth-year medical students at the University of Cape Town in the performance of fundoscopy at the end of their ophthalmology rotation. Methods: The design was a prospective cohort study.
Johannes S. van Velden +3 more
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Ocular fundus pathology and chronic kidney disease in a Chinese population [PDF]
BMC Nephrology, 2011 Background Previous study indicated a high prevalence of ocular fundus pathology among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), while the relationship between them has never been explored in a Chinese Population.
Gao Bixia +5 more
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Quality of care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Tshwane, South Africa [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineBackground: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a public health challenge, affecting 90% of all patients with diabetes, globally. Compliance to treatment guidelines among healthcare professionals (HCPs) is low, thus resulting in inadequate quality of ...
Ntlogeleng M. Mogale +3 more
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Emulated retinal image capture (ERICA) to test, train and validate processing of retinal images
Scientific Reports, 2021 High resolution retinal imaging systems, such as adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopes (AOSLO), are increasingly being used for clinical research and fundamental studies in neuroscience.
Laura K. Young, Hannah E. Smithson
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Smartphone Compatible versus Conventional Ophthalmoscope: A Randomized Crossover Educational Trial
Journal of Academic Ophthalmology, 2021 Objective The aim of the study is to compare performance and ease-of-use (EOU) of optic disk assessment using a smartphone direct ophthalmoscope attachment (D-EYE) to the gold standard direct ophthalmoscope (DO).
Rachel Curtis +6 more
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The Disc Mantra: An Algorithm for Fundus Description
MedEdPORTAL, 2008 Introduction Students and non-ophthalmologists are intimidated by the use of the ophthalmoscope to view and describe the fundus. Ophthalmoscopy has a steep learning curve, and its practices have been marginalized due to several barriers including ...
Linda Lippa
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Development and preliminary results of a chromatic illumination system for indirect ophthalmoscopes [PDF]
, 2009 PURPOSE: Chromatic contrast is a technique used in some areas of medicine to provide better visualization of biological tissues. Based on principles of color composition, a new illumination system was constructed using colored emitting diodes to ...
Carvalho, Luis Alberto Vieira de [UNIFESP] +11 more
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Scope of optometry practice in Trinidad and Tobago: A cross‐sectional study
Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aim To report the scope of optometry practice in Trinidad and Tobago to identify areas that need improvement. Methods A cross‐sectional study of optometrists in Trinidad and Tobago was conducted using a validated self‐structured ...
Ngozika E. Ezinne +4 more
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Comparison of the optyse lens free ophthalmoscope with the conventional direct ophthalmoscope [PDF]
, 2009 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-45).
Van Velden, Johannes Stephanus
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