DIY - Smartphone Slit-Lamp adaptor

The use of the smartphone in ophthalmology is more common than ever before . Although most ophthalmology clinics are equipped with slit lamp but not all clinics are fortunate enough to be equipped with a high quality anterior segment slit lamp camera. Smartphones are usually incorporated with high resolution cameras which are commonly used by ophthalmologist capture pictures of the anterior segment of the eye 1 . There are several commercially available smartphone adaptors to a slitlamp but they are expensive and is specific for certain slit lamp brands only. We are writing to introduce an easy method to produce and use your own smartphone as a slitlamp anterior segment camera Do it yourself (DIY). Advantages of smartphone slit lamp camera