Monitoring of retinal vessels for diabetic patients in home care assistance

In human eye care the severity of some diseases or their pathologic progression can be examined by the fundamental step of the analysis of human retina. On this proposal, the retinal monitoring of diabetic patients in home care assistance needs to be specifically dealt with. In particular, diabetic retinopathy must be frequently observed to reduce each patient's retina progressive damages. In this work, the architecture of an Ophthalmic System for Home Care assistance in monitoring of human fundus oculi, described in its main blocks and in its image processing phases is presented, with the aim of providing an innovative support to the necessary monitoring of retinal vessels for diabetic patients in home care assistance. Selected outcomes are reported for some fundus oculi images and performances of the personal digital assistant are reported.