Very low price smartphone fundus camera innovation with basic amenities – a novel approach toward undergraduate teaching

Abstract

In this article, we introduce a very low-price smartphone fundus camera device with basic amenities. It has become very fruitful toward undergraduate teaching at the bedside or in the outpatient department, especially where there are no facilities for the fundus camera unit. A fundus camera unit is an essential part of retina clinic, and it is very costly. Fundus photographs are very essential for disease diagnosis, its follow-up, and for disease monitoring. It cannot be carried to the camp side. Commercially, available fundus cameras are the alternative to this, but again very costly. Almost zero price this innovation helps the students to see the fundus pathologies with their own eyes and make them more clinically oriented.

Keywords

• do it yourself fundus camera
• fundus camera
• portable fundus camera
• smart phone fundus camera