title: Creating a digital retinoscope by combining a mobile smartphone camera and a retinoscope.
abstract: We present our experience creating a digital retinoscope by combining a mobile smartphone camera and a retinoscope. We found this digital retinoscope to be useful for demonstrating and documenting abnormal retinoscopic reflexes in teaching retinoscopy. This report explains how the digital retinoscope is assembled and provides examples of the range of normal and abnormal reflexes that can be captured. A short video showcases the reflexes being obtained in real time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
authors.forename: Weng Onn
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia. Electronic address: crab0023@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crabb
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sia
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taranath
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D042261:Retinoscopes; D042262:Retinoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted