Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality — Emerging Screening and Diagnostic Techniques in Ophthalmology: a Systematic Review

In healthcare, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been applied extensively for many purposes. Similar to other technologies such as telemedicine and artificial intelligence, VR and AR may improve clinical diagnosis and screening services in ophthalmology by alleviating current problems, including workforce shortage, diagnostic error, and underdiagnosis. In the past decade a number of studies and products have used VR and AR concepts to build clinical tests for ophthalmology, but comprehensive reviews on these studies are limited.
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Review article Source Type: research