Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy
The emergence of smartphone-based imaging devices has been a boon in the field of ophthalmology, especially in obtaining high-quality ocular images. They can be specialized and utilized for imaging-specific regions of the eye. Among the multitude of applications of smartphone-based imaging, one of t...
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| author | Prithvi Chandrakanth Hirika Gosalia Shishir Verghese K S Chandrakanth Kalpana Narendran Venkatapathy Narendran |
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| description | The emergence of smartphone-based imaging devices has been a boon in the field of ophthalmology, especially in obtaining high-quality ocular images. They can be specialized and utilized for imaging-specific regions of the eye. Among the multitude of applications of smartphone-based imaging, one of the upcoming major use is to image the microbiological world. Previous few reports have described attaching magnifying lenses of various types to the smartphone camera and transforming it into a microscope for imaging fungal hyphae and ocular surface parasites. We describe a novel technique of attaching the smartphone-based intraocular lens microscope (IOLSCOPE) to the slit lamp, thereby utilizing the slit lamp joystick for moving the smartphone over the concerned slide specimen to make it steady and obtain images of high resolution. This innovative do-it-yourself novel modification is especially useful in peripheral centers, vision centers, and local clinics for immediate screening and identification of microbial pathogens such as fungi and ocular surface parasites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72de29b569bd4aca9142ff921a868b202022-12-21T19:16:04ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892022-01-017041381138310.4103/ijo.IJO_2389_21Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopyPrithvi ChandrakanthHirika GosaliaShishir VergheseK S ChandrakanthKalpana NarendranVenkatapathy NarendranThe emergence of smartphone-based imaging devices has been a boon in the field of ophthalmology, especially in obtaining high-quality ocular images. They can be specialized and utilized for imaging-specific regions of the eye. Among the multitude of applications of smartphone-based imaging, one of the upcoming major use is to image the microbiological world. Previous few reports have described attaching magnifying lenses of various types to the smartphone camera and transforming it into a microscope for imaging fungal hyphae and ocular surface parasites. We describe a novel technique of attaching the smartphone-based intraocular lens microscope (IOLSCOPE) to the slit lamp, thereby utilizing the slit lamp joystick for moving the smartphone over the concerned slide specimen to make it steady and obtain images of high resolution. This innovative do-it-yourself novel modification is especially useful in peripheral centers, vision centers, and local clinics for immediate screening and identification of microbial pathogens such as fungi and ocular surface parasites.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2022;volume=70;issue=4;spage=1381;epage=1383;aulast=Chandrakanthinnovationiolscopemicrobiologymicroscopesmartphone |
| spellingShingle | Prithvi Chandrakanth Hirika Gosalia Shishir Verghese K S Chandrakanth Kalpana Narendran Venkatapathy Narendran Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy Indian Journal of Ophthalmology innovation iolscope microbiology microscope smartphone |
| title | Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy |
| title_full | Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy |
| title_fullStr | Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy |
| title_short | Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy |
| title_sort | slit lamp based intraocular lens microscope a novel technique of rapid office based microscopy |
| topic | innovation iolscope microbiology microscope smartphone |
| url | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2022;volume=70;issue=4;spage=1381;epage=1383;aulast=Chandrakanth |
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