Handheld Device Takes High-Resolution Images of Children's Retinas

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Smallest, lightest handheld probe for optical coherence tomography provides insight into children's retinas

August 1, 2016

Children Devices Imaging Retina

Translational Research

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Engineers and physicians at Duke University have developed a handheld device capable of capturing images of a retina with cellular resolution. The new probe will allow researchers to gather detailed structural information about the eyes of infants and toddlers for the first time. A new paper was published online in Nature Photonics.