iPhone for FA

Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:22:42 GMT

OPS Members,

I received this inquiry that I am sharing with you here. If you have experience with this, please either respond on this forum topic or email Dr. Sobti directly. Dr. Sobti is not subscribed to this forum so he will not automatically see your responses - I will forward them by email.

"I thought I would ask the experts.

Has anyone seen an iPhone used for FA?

Does it have the resolution?

Doesnt it need to be coupled correctly?

Thank you,
Deepak Sobti MD"
Email: deepak.sobti.md@gmail.com

Thank you in advance for any useful information anyone may provide.

Barb McCalley

Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:14:07 GMT

I don't believe it's mathematically possible to use an iPhone in order to perform an IVFA. Images can be viewed as an attachment to an email message though.

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:26:35 GMT

To be able to image a diagnostically useful IVFA it would require a focusing lens or apparatus, light for excitation at 465um to 490um, and also a barrier filter at 520um to 530um. That's assuming that there is no other light pollution where you were suing the device, (i.e sunlight) I have not come across any pieces of equipment that offer this. It might be plausible, but the resolution would be limited to the phones imaging sensor generation. I would also point out that if there were said device, it would be difficult and more than likely very heavy to use.