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Preliminary Report

WILLIAM J. STENSTROM

Arch Ophthalmol. 1964;72(6):788-791.

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The desire to record on motion picture film the fundus image as seen when using indirect ophthalmoscopy has resulted in the apparatus here described. During the three years that this method of photography has been used in the Retina Service of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the offices of the Retina Associates, it has proved to be of value in recording those changes of the posterior segment which could not be adequately photographed by the usual means. Lesions of considerable elevation can be recorded on film almost as clearly as they can be visualized by using modern indirect ophthalmoscopy, and this demonstrates the great depth of focus inherent to this system of photography (Fig 1). Areas anterior to the equator can be cinematographed by using scleral indentation and the dynamics of scleral palpation are clearly visible in the film.

Description of the Apparatus

The following equipment was used: . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

Department of Clinical Eye Research, Institute of Biological and Medical Sciences, Retina Foundation.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 1, 1964.

This work was supported by a PHS Research Grant B3489 of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, United States Public Health Service.

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