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Early Detection of Blinding Eye Disease Could Be as Easy as Scanning a Barcode
2013-12-20 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Scanning patient's entire retina in seconds, hand-held optical device could aid primary care physicians in early detection of retinal diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Device combines ultrahigh-speed 3-D imaging, tiny MEMS mirror for scanning, and technique to correct for unintentional movement by patient. Researchers at MIT describe their ophthalmic-screening instrument in paper published in The Optical Society's Biomedical Optics Express ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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