Simulating a colour-blind ophthalmologist for diagnosing and staging diabetic retinopathy.
Saif Aldeen S AlRyalatRuba MuhtasebTaher AlshammariPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2020)
Colour vision is important for distinguishing fine details during retina assessment in diabetic retinopathy patients. Colour blindness is associated with low accuracy in staging diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema, particularly among protonopic graders, and to a lesser extent in tritanopic graders.