[The electronic computer in ophthalmology].

The present paper is an introduction to and information about information processing, the principal notions and mains of approach in ophthalmology. Part one is dedicated to a general presentation of computers, and information processing, giving details about the equipment, operating systems and programmes, data bases and their structure. Part two presents different aspects of the information processing involved in ophthalmology. The following applications are discussed: beginning by simple data collection and evidence for medical purposes, statistical processing, bibliography classification, teaching, continuing with problems of diagnosis and therapeutical decisions, as well as the application of medical robots and computer assistance for specific functional explorations.