Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy
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2022-04
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All India Ophthalmological Society
Abstract
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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Innovation, IOLSCOPE, microbiology, microscope, smartphone
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Chandrakanth Prithvi, Gosalia Hirika, Verghese Shishir, Chandrakanth K S, Narendran Kalpana, Narendran Venkatapathy. Slit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Apr; 70(4): 1381-1383