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Comparative Study
. 2011 Jan-Feb;59(1):53-5.
doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.73718.

Video indirect ophthalmoscopy using a hand-held video camera

Mahesh P Shanmugam  1
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Comparative Study

Video indirect ophthalmoscopy using a hand-held video camera

Mahesh P Shanmugam. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Fundus photography in adults and cooperative children is possible with a fundus camera or by using a slit lamp-mounted digital camera. Retcam TM or a video indirect ophthalmoscope is necessary for fundus imaging in infants and young children under anesthesia. Herein, a technique of converting and using a digital video camera into a video indirect ophthalmoscope for fundus imaging is described. This device will allow anyone with a hand-held video camera to obtain fundus images. Limitations of this technique involve a learning curve and inability to perform scleral depression.

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Figure 1
Modified gas lighter holder slid in to the horse-shoe camera flash adapter of the hand-held video camera
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Figure 2
Hand-held video camera with the torch light as illumination source attached to it
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Figure 3
The technique of using the hand-held video camera for fundus imaging
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Figure 4
Fundus photographs of pre- and posttreatment retinoblastoma, obtained using the hand-held video camera fundus imaging system
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Figure 5
Fundus photographs of pre- and posttreatment retinoblastoma, obtained using the hand-held video camera fundus imaging system
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