Medically reviewed by Priscilla Vu, MD Ophthalmoscopy is an exam that studies the back of the eye. This type of exam allows eye doctors (optometrists and ophthalmologists) or other healthcare ...

Answer: Ophthalmoscopy refers to the microscopic examination of the back of the eye. It can be used to diagnose not just glaucoma but any retinal diseases as well.

Ophthalmoscopy allows the general practitioner to evaluate the retina for pathologic changes, particularly in patients with common systemic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, or atherosclerosis.

The year 1950 marked the hundredth anniversary of one of the truly great discoveries in the history of medicine and certainly the greatest in the history of ophthalmology. For it was in 1850 that H ...

Researchers found good agreement between smart phone ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp biomicroscopy when evaluating vertical cup-to-disc ratios in patients with ocular hypertension and primary open ...

A promising but not yet widely established fluorescence-based imaging method is fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO), which was invented by German scientist Dietrich Schweitzer and ...

Can imaging substitute ophthalmoscopy and optic disc photos in the diagnosis and follow up? Presented at: European Glaucoma Society Congress; June 19-22, 2016; Prague.

Fundoscopy, also known as ophthalmoscopy, is a medical test eye doctors use to diagnose retinopathy and other eye issues. The exam can help eye doctors visualize the retina using an ophthalmoscope ...