A Worldwide Epidemic of Eye Disease Driving the Need for TeleOphthalmology

Globally, every 5 seconds someone goes blind from diabetic retinopathy, infant retinopathy of prematurity, eye cancer and other diseases. The majority of these are preventable if screened regularly. However many of the afflicted are in rural areas or developing nations where there is a shortage of Ophthalmologists. ...Some geographies have only 1 Ophthalmologist per 100,000 people! TeleOphthalmology brings patient data and high quality images to the ophthalmologist , providing a critical link in preventing blindness and debilitating eye diseases while growing the ophthalmologist’s patient base.

i2i CARE TeleOphthalmology is an end to end Ophthalmic TelePACS solution that works with any digital ophthalmic camera. It is specifically optimized for remote and mobile diagnosis by the ophthalmologist in any geography and any economy. It’s also an affordable PACS for the local office. 24hr access is available from an iPhone or from any workstation, PC or notebook computer using a standard web browser. Doctors are connected with patients around the corner or around the world. The system provides a central archive for data and images. Images are stored as DICOM images, the emerging standard for ophthalmology images. Ophthalmologists and other medical specialists get the fastest and most secure image transmission on the market today. Images are uploaded to a secure server and made available for real-time viewing and reporting. In addition, studies can be easily shared between specialists for teaching, training and consultation.

“In India, with over 27 million live births annually and over 8% born below 2000 grams, TeleROP offers the best solution to the ROP screening burden we have on our hands especially to the infants in underserved areas. With variable internet connectivity in our villages and smaller towns, the ability to view these images and make real time diagnosis on the doctor’s cell phone offers a unique solution to control ROP blindness in India and in other nations with similar demographics”

Anand Vinekar, MD, FRCS
Narayana Nethralaya
Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology,
Bangalore, India
i2i TeleOphthalmology Advisor

Note: CARE TeleOphthalmology is currently piloting with key customers. FDA approval is pending. We welcome additional pilot prospects. Please contact us at contactus@i2itelesolutions.com

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Sing a Different Tune
iPhone used to stave off blindness

Who would have thought that the iPhone could help India's rural masses? But doctors at the Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore, are doing precisely that to diagnose vision loss in infants from remote areas. Over 8 per cent of India's 27 million infants each year weigh less than 2 kg and run the risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity. So long just a handful of city doctors had the know-how. Now with the iPhone and software developed by i2i TeleSolutions, the good doctors are busy saving lives across the country.

CARE TeleOphthalmology Architecture Overview

Premier Viewer and Reporting Facility on PC or iPhone

Our viewer and reporting facility has been hand-crafted based on the needs of ophthalmologists for efficient workflow on PC workstation, notebook computer or iPhone. Right and left eye images are displayed side by side enabling quick comparison. The PC viewer provides a full suite of image manipulation, measurement and annotation tools.

Lossless Image Transmission Is a Must for Eye Disease Diagnosis

i2i’s award winning medical image compression technology (Adaptive Binary Optimization or ABOTM) achieves complete lossless compression during WEB transmission. This means full diagnostic image quality for the Ophthalmologist. But that’s not all. ABO(tm) reduces storage capacity by over 75% and speeds transmission 4X faster over the WEB. This means faster diagnostic and reporting times.

Fast and Efficient Workflow