title: Build your own multipurpose, economically priced portable stereo microscope.
abstract: Binocular loupes and stereo microscopes are expensive items of equipment. However, inexpensive operating microscopes (ophthalmic) with coaxial illumination have been constructed for use in developing countries, where there is little medical funding. We describe one method of transforming economically priced pocket binoculars into a portable stereo microscope with nearly coaxial illumination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Peltola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mäntyjärvi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teräsvirta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kemppainen
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation; D008853:Microscopy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation