Unique ophthalmoscopes developed by IMP researchers in cooperation with medical workers, IT experts

By Svetlana Sytina
The Ukrainian Times

A group of researchers of the Kurdyumov Institute of Metal Physics (IMP) under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, together with medical workers, physicists and IT experts, developed a number of unique ophthalmoscopes on the basis of transscleral infrared transillumination. These instruments can enhance the diagnostic capabilities of traditional ophthalmoscopy.

For example, the prototype of the portable ophthalmoscope IRIS can be used by patients at home to diagnose the diabetic retinitis. To make IRIS safe for users, the researchers selected the waves of certain length that cannot burn the eye and cause biological diseases in it.

Engineering developments and techniques of using the above instruments are being perfected in cooperation with scientists of the Bogomolets National Medical University.

Additional information: metall@imp.kiev.ua