14. Advantages
Portable
Easy to use
Upright image
Magnification 15x
Can use w/o dilation
Disadvantages
Small field of view
Lack of stereopsis
Media opacities degrade image
22. • Look for media opacities
• Cataracts
• Corneal scars
• Large floaters
23.
24. Basic skills
• Introduce yourself to the patient.
• Explain the procedure & take the patient permission.
• Sterilization of the hands.
• put mydriatic eye drops to dilate pupils.
• Ask to darken the room.
• Turn on ophthalmoscope, Adjust the focus & Adjust light aperture to large sized pupil.
• Use right eye & right hand for patient’s right eye.
Direct Ophthalmoscopy
26. Basic skills
• Introduce yourself to the patient.
• Explain the procedure & take the patient permission.
• Sterilization of the hands.
• put mydriatic eye drops to dilate pupils.
• Ask to darken the room.
• Turn on ophthalmoscope, Adjust the focus & Adjust light aperture to large sized pupil.
• Use right eye & right hand for patient’s right eye.
Direct Ophthalmoscopy