Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching
In this article, we introduce a very low-price smartphone fundus camera device with basic amenities. It has become very fruitful toward undergraduate teaching at the bedside or in the outpatient department, especially where there are no facilities for the fundus camera unit. A fundus camera unit is...
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| author | Sujit Das Sanjeev Verma Prachi Sharma Urmi Midya Rohit Sahu Kanaram Saini |
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| description | In this article, we introduce a very low-price smartphone fundus camera device with basic amenities. It has become very fruitful toward undergraduate teaching at the bedside or in the outpatient department, especially where there are no facilities for the fundus camera unit. A fundus camera unit is an essential part of retina clinic, and it is very costly. Fundus photographs are very essential for disease diagnosis, its follow-up, and for disease monitoring. It cannot be carried to the camp side. Commercially, available fundus cameras are the alternative to this, but again very costly. Almost zero price this innovation helps the students to see the fundus pathologies with their own eyes and make them more clinically oriented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ab897f2e1f0455b91d3825e38eb81eb2022-12-21T21:30:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth2589-83022589-83102021-01-0114559259510.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_391_20Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teachingSujit DasSanjeev VermaPrachi SharmaUrmi MidyaRohit SahuKanaram SainiIn this article, we introduce a very low-price smartphone fundus camera device with basic amenities. It has become very fruitful toward undergraduate teaching at the bedside or in the outpatient department, especially where there are no facilities for the fundus camera unit. A fundus camera unit is an essential part of retina clinic, and it is very costly. Fundus photographs are very essential for disease diagnosis, its follow-up, and for disease monitoring. It cannot be carried to the camp side. Commercially, available fundus cameras are the alternative to this, but again very costly. Almost zero price this innovation helps the students to see the fundus pathologies with their own eyes and make them more clinically oriented.http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2021;volume=14;issue=5;spage=592;epage=595;aulast=Dasdo it yourself fundus camerafundus cameraportable fundus camerasmart phone fundus camera |
| spellingShingle | Sujit Das Sanjeev Verma Prachi Sharma Urmi Midya Rohit Sahu Kanaram Saini Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth do it yourself fundus camera fundus camera portable fundus camera smart phone fundus camera |
| title | Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching |
| title_full | Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching |
| title_fullStr | Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching |
| title_full_unstemmed | Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching |
| title_short | Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching |
| title_sort | very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching |
| topic | do it yourself fundus camera fundus camera portable fundus camera smart phone fundus camera |
| url | http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2021;volume=14;issue=5;spage=592;epage=595;aulast=Das |
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