The cameras incorporated into modern smartphones have capability only dreamed of some years ago. It is no surprise, therefore, that their potential for taking high quality images in the clinical setting is becoming more commonly realised.
Slit-lamp adaptors have allowed us to take increasingly good quality images of anterior eye structures and lesions with our phones, while dedicated lens and lighting add-ons are making retinal photography possible. Though unlikely to ever match the capability of a desk-top camera system in terms of image quality and size, smart phones do offer attractive advantages in terms of portability and image transfer.
I recently got my hands on one of the latest smart phone image systems, the D-Eye (UK distributor Grafton Optical). The D-Eye makes the following claims concerning advantages using the system:
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