Comments on: Inside Your Eye: a Photograph. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:52:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: anthony http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-97504 anthony Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:36:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/#comment-97504 I am an optician in Madiosn,Wi.Our practice has had a retinal imaging device called an Optomap or Optos.It was thought of by a Scotsman 10+years ago when his son went blind in one eye due to an retinal detachment unseen by a n O.D.(Thats why you need to get an fundus exam every year boys and girls). It has a red and green laser that scans the retina in .25 secs and gives us 200 degree view of the retina.Awesome device plus we have caught numerous patients that wouldve lost their eyesight if it were not for the Optomap.Pt's also love the fact that we can email these images to them .Sreensaver anyone? I am an optician in Madiosn,Wi.Our practice has had a retinal imaging device called an Optomap or Optos.It was thought of by a Scotsman 10+years ago when his son went blind in one eye due to an retinal detachment unseen by a n O.D.(Thats why you need to get an fundus exam every year boys and girls).
It has a red and green laser that scans the retina in .25 secs and gives us 200 degree view of the retina.Awesome device plus we have caught numerous patients that wouldve lost their eyesight if it were not for the Optomap.Pt's also love the fact that we can email these images to them .Sreensaver anyone?

]]> By: Mary http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-97427 Mary Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:00:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/#comment-97427 Wowie zowie! I go to school at Rochester Institute of Technology and am majoring in Biomedical Photographic Communications and retinal maps are something my classmates do everyday as part of their training for ophthalmic photography. They can do this stuff with their eyes closed! Its a pretty routine procedure at your doctor's office. Something like that does not belong in the likes of Discover magazine. Wowie zowie! I go to school at Rochester Institute of Technology and am majoring in Biomedical Photographic Communications and retinal maps are something my classmates do everyday as part of their training for ophthalmic photography. They can do this stuff with their eyes closed! Its a pretty routine procedure at your doctor's office. Something like that does not belong in the likes of Discover magazine.

]]> By: Robert Keith http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-97410 Robert Keith Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:04:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/#comment-97410 My optometrist takes these for me every year or so for ten dollars. He runs a time-lapse series over the past seven years to show that everything is OK. My violin teacher only became aware that he had diabetes when he could no longer read music or drive due to retinal deterioration. It is a pretty good tool. My optometrist takes these for me every year or so for ten dollars. He runs a time-lapse series over the past seven years to show that everything is OK.

My violin teacher only became aware that he had diabetes when he could no longer read music or drive due to retinal deterioration. It is a pretty good tool.

]]> By: Jay http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-97404 Jay Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:32:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/#comment-97404 I'm not sure I'd call the photography equipment "special" necessarily. The instrument my boss has is pretty fancy, but the camera is actually a Nikon D50. I know because when he got it I tried and tried to figure out a way to take it off so I could play with it when he wasn't using it. Now, the other part of the apparatus might be pretty specialized, but not the camera. Other than the fact that a d50 is a pretty sweet camera... I'm not sure I'd call the photography equipment "special" necessarily. The instrument my boss has is pretty fancy, but the camera is actually a Nikon D50. I know because when he got it I tried and tried to figure out a way to take it off so I could play with it when he wasn't using it.

Now, the other part of the apparatus might be pretty specialized, but not the camera. Other than the fact that a d50 is a pretty sweet camera...

]]> By: Agnitio http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-97379 Agnitio Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:43:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/#comment-97379 This is just a standard retinal photograph that pretty much all optometrists have the equipment to take. It is amazing technology but doesn't need a computer program to piece together multiple photos to get the displayed photo. A $40K digital fundus camera is all you need. I'm an optical assistant and take upwards of 40 of these a day. The reason for the clarity in the shot of the 26 year old example is due to the large pupil size of a younger person. The above photos are posible with an older person but usually only after the above mentioned drops which dilate the pupils allowing the optometrist/opthalmologist to view the retina in extreme detail. If anyone requests i will post some retinal photos of some truly amazing eyes This is just a standard retinal photograph that pretty much all optometrists have the equipment to take.

It is amazing technology but doesn't need a computer program to piece together multiple photos to get the displayed photo.

A $40K digital fundus camera is all you need.

I'm an optical assistant and take upwards of 40 of these a day.

The reason for the clarity in the shot of the 26 year old example is due to the large pupil size of a younger person.

The above photos are posible with an older person but usually only after the above mentioned drops which dilate the pupils allowing the optometrist/opthalmologist to view the retina in extreme detail.

If anyone requests i will post some retinal photos of some truly amazing eyes

]]> By: Cory OBrien http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/comment-page-1/#comment-97326 Cory OBrien Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:35:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/10/inside-your-eye-a-photograph/#comment-97326 I actually had this done today as part of an eye exam for a new contact prescription. You stare at a small blinking green light, and then there is a bright flash and you can't see anything for a few seconds, but it's much better than having your eyes dilated for up to six hours (the alternative). The resulting picture is amazingly detailed, and can tell the doctor quite a bit about your eye (mine even showed that I have lighter skin). I actually had this done today as part of an eye exam for a new contact prescription. You stare at a small blinking green light, and then there is a bright flash and you can't see anything for a few seconds, but it's much better than having your eyes dilated for up to six hours (the alternative). The resulting picture is amazingly detailed, and can tell the doctor quite a bit about your eye (mine even showed that I have lighter skin).

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