World’s first tele-examination of an eye streamed live to conference

A team from Moorfields Eye Hospital and NHS Forth Valley Scotland has delivered the world’s first tele-examination of an eye in 4K resolution using 5G broadband streamed live to an Edinburgh conference.

Outside the Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital, consultant ophthalmologist and director of digital innovation at Moorfields Peter Thomas, consultant ophthalmologist and acute tele-ophthalmology system lead from NHS Forth Valley Scotland Iain Livingstone, and NHS clinical entrepreneur ChrishanGunasekera used a 5G connected smartphone attached to a portable slit lamp to provide a live image of his eye to be examined at the conference. This live image was able to demonstrate that an eye image of significant enough quality to be used in clinic can be streamed in real time.