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. 2012 Mar-Apr;60(2):127-31.
doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.94054.

Smartphones in ophthalmology

Jay Chhablani  1 , Simon Kaja, Vinay A Shah
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Smartphones in ophthalmology

Jay Chhablani et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2012 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

The potential usefulness of smartphones in the medical field is evolving everyday. This article describes various tools available on smartphones, largely focusing on the iPhone, for the examination of an ophthalmic patient, for patient and physician education, as well as reference tools for both ophthalmologists and vision researchers. Furthermore, the present article discusses how smartphones can be used for ophthalmic photography and image management, and foremost, the usefulness of the applications such as the Eye Handbook for the ophthalmologist and interested students, patients, physicians, and researchers, currently available in the iPhone.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
iPhone screen shots: (a) Various testing tools available on iPhone; (b) color vision tool; (c) pediatric optotypes; (d) disease description panel in patient education section
Figure 2
Figure 2
iPhone screen shots: (a) iPhone slit-lamp photograph; (b) and (c) iPhone indirect photographs taken using a 20D (Volk Optical Inc., Mentor, OH, USA) lens; (d) snapshot of video recording through an operating microscope with an iPhone
Figure 3
Figure 3
iPhone screen shots: (a) Home screen of Eye Handbook showing various applications; (b) coding application; and (c) physician reference application on Eye Handbook
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