The slit lamp is an instrument used to examine the health of the front portion of the eye. It is called a slit lamp because it uses a slit beam of light to help visualize the ocular structures in a ...

Ophthalmoscopy (also called fundoscopy or funduscopy) is an exam your doctor, optometrist, or ophthalmologist uses to look into the back of your eye. It lets them see the retina (which senses light ...

We read with interest the article by Natkunarajah et al. 1 We agree that indirect ophthalmoscopy with indentation remains the gold standard for the detection of retinal breaks. It is not clear if the ...

A few years ago, Primary Care Optometry News published an article by Matt Kelleman, OD, a practitioner from Milltown, N.J., on homemade slit lamp photography. This subject also comes up frequently in ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, TX - The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity (USAMTEAC), formally named the U.S. Army Medical Department Board, conducted a customer test of an Ophthalmic Slit Lamp ...