Ophthalmoscopy

Normal ocular fundus – as seen through an ophthalmoscope
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• Visualisation of the interior of the eye using an ophthalmoscope
• Used to detect abnormalities in the ocular fundus and the media
• First invented by Babbage in 1847
• Its usefulness was recognised only in 1851 when it was reinvented independently by Von Helmholtz

• Types:
  • Distant direct ophthalmoscopy
  • Direct ophthalmoscopy
  • Indirect ophthalmoscopy