Pupillary examination with infrared consumer videocamera
Johannes C. Fleischhauer, Timo Haufschild, Bettina Schröder, Ivan O. Haefliger, Josef Flammer, Hedwig J. Kaiser · Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde · 2001 · Heft 05 · S. 381-383
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Abstract BACKGROUND Pupillary observation in the dark is always a problem in a general ophthalmological practice or an outpatient clinic without specialized equipment. We present two methods for observation of the pupils in darkness: 1) illumination of the pupils with the skiascope as a routine examination and 2) infrared observation of the pupils with a consumer digital video camera. METHODS (1) Pupillary reactions are observed with the skiascope/retinoscope, the observation beam of the device focused to infinity and documented with a video camera. (2) Infrared observation of the pupils was performed with a dig…