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The Arclight Ophthalmoscope: A Reliable Low-Cost Alternative to the Standard Direct Ophthalmoscope [PDF]

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015
Background. The Arclight ophthalmoscope is a low-cost alternative to standard direct ophthalmoscopes. This study compared the Arclight ophthalmoscope with the Heine K180 direct ophthalmoscope to evaluate its reliability in assessing the vertical cup disc
James Lowe, Charles R. Cleland, Evarista Mgaya, Godfrey Furahini, Clare E. Gilbert, Matthew J. Burton, Heiko Philippin   +6 more
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Fundus Autofluorescence and Clinical Applications

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2021
Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) has allowed in vivo mapping of retinal metabolic derangements and structural changes not possible with conventional color imaging.
Cameron Pole, Hossein Ameri
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Primary health eye care: Evaluation of the competence of medical students in performing fundoscopy with the direct ophthalmoscope

South African Family Practice, 2010
Background: To evaluate the skill of fifth-year medical students at the University of Cape Town in the performance of fundoscopy at the end of their ophthalmology rotation. Methods: The design was a prospective cohort study.
Johannes S. van Velden, Colin Cook, Landon Myer, Nagib du Toit   +3 more
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Ocular fundus pathology and chronic kidney disease in a Chinese population [PDF]

BMC Nephrology, 2011
Background Previous study indicated a high prevalence of ocular fundus pathology among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), while the relationship between them has never been explored in a Chinese Population.
Gao Bixia, Zhu Ling, Pan Yingzi, Yang Shuwen, Zhang Luxia, Wang Haiyan   +5 more
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Tools and methods for cataract recognition in low-resource settings: A narrative review. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Cataracts are a leading cause of global blindness, with many low-resource populations having poor access to eye care. While much is known regarding surgical access and outcomes, less is understood about the initial detection of operable cataracts in low ...
Paulina N Truong, Elizabeth A Merlinsky, Nicholas C Maamari, Christina Y Weng, Andrew G Lee   +4 more
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Eyesi direct ophthalmoscope simulator: an effective training tool for medical undergraduates [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Introduction Non-ophthalmologists often lack sufficient operational training to use a direct ophthalmoscope proficiently, resulting in a global deficit of basic ophthalmological skills among general practitioners.
Canying Liu, Jicheng Lin, Siting Wu, Yingting Zhu, Yuxian Zou, Qi Zhang, Zhidong Li, Yehong Zhuo, Yiqing Li   +8 more
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ELECTRIC OPHTHALMOSCOPES [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1923
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The effectiveness of smartphone ophthalmoscope compared to direct ophthalmoscope as a teaching tool

The Asia Pacific Scholar, 2022
Introduction: The direct ophthalmoscope is a standard tool for fundus examination but is underutilised in practice due to technical difficulties. Although the smartphone ophthalmoscope has been demonstrated to improve fundus abnormality detection, there ...
Amelah Abdul Qader, Hui Meng Er, Chew Fei Sow   +2 more
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Application of Adaptive Optics in Ophthalmology

Photonics, 2022
The eye, the photoreceptive organ used to perceive the external environment, is of great importance to humans. It has been proven that some diseases in humans are accompanied by fundus changes; therefore, the health status of people may be interpreted ...
Lixin Liu, Zhaoqing Wu, Meijie Qi, Yanru Li, Meiling Zhang, Dingying Liao, Peng Gao   +6 more
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Relationship between diabetes mellitus and cataract in Hungary [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
AIM: To examine the coexistence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and cataract in Hungary. The effects of DM on the cataract surgical results were also in the focus of analysis.
Anita Pék, Dorottya Szabó, Gábor László Sándor, Gábor Tóth, András Papp, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Hans Limburg, János Németh   +7 more
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