Blockchain Technology for Ophthalmology: Coming of Age?

Wei Yan Ng^{1

2}, Tien-En Tan^{1

2}, Zhe Xiao³, Prasanth V H Movva⁴, Fuji S S Foo⁴, Dongyuan Yun⁵, Wenben Chen⁵, Tien Yin Wong^{1

2}, Hao Tian Lin⁵, Daniel S W Ting^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.
² Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore.
³ Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), Singapore.
⁴ Certis Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation Security Private Limited, Singapore.
⁵ Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, People's Republic of China.

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Wei Yan Ng et al. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2021 Jul-Aug.

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. 2021 Jul-Aug;10(4):343-347.

doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000399.

Wei Yan Ng^{1

2}, Tien-En Tan^{1

2}, Zhe Xiao³, Prasanth V H Movva⁴, Fuji S S Foo⁴, Dongyuan Yun⁵, Wenben Chen⁵, Tien Yin Wong^{1

2}, Hao Tian Lin⁵, Daniel S W Ting^{1

2}

¹ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.
² Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore.
³ Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), Singapore.
⁴ Certis Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation Security Private Limited, Singapore.
⁵ Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, People's Republic of China.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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