Open AccessSlit-lamp based intraocular lens microscope - A novel technique of rapid office-based microscopy
Author(s) -
Prithvi Chandrakanth,
Hirika Gosalia,
Shishir Verghese,
KS Chandrakanth,
Kalparendran,
Venkatapathy Narendran
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2389_21
Subject(s) - slit lamp , microscope , medicine , lens (geology) , microscopy , optics , biomedical engineering , optometry , computer vision , ophthalmology , computer science , pathology , physics
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.