Google image search is a tool with acceptable accuracy for ophthalmologists who seek rapid exposure to retinal diseases, but it has significant limitations as a primary learning source, according to a speaker.
At the virtual Wills Eye Conference, Lucy Cobbs, MD, presented a study that she and colleagues conducted to assess the accuracy and quality of Google image search results for retinal diseases.
A Google search for 15 common and 15 rare retinal diseases found that the majority of images were fundus photos, making up 83% of the common retinal (Read more...)