DR. AIMAN KHAN

, DR. TASNEEM NEEMUCHWALA, DR. PRITHVI CHANDRAKANTH, DR. HIRIKA GOSALIA

Abstract

SCOOBY DOO is an innovative do it yourself tool which can be used to carry out blue light photography of fluorescein stained corneas without the aid of slit lamp biomicroscope. This setup was made as a Smartphone attachment with various cost effective blue filter options:1.reused blue filters from old, broken, unrepairable slit lamps and direct ophthalmoscopes; 2. Acrylic blue filters 3. Blue LED light. It was used to image various corneal pathologies like epithelial defects, corneal ulcer, TBUT in dry eye evaluation, superficial punctuate keratitis etc. with 20 dioptre intraocular lens aided Smartphone which enabled high resolution magnified photographs. It was useful in clinical settings without slit lamps like camps, peripheral health centers, ICU, casualty, and for point of care diagnostics. It was found effective for tele-ophthalmology, prognosis photo documentation & treatment counseling for patients