lamp

[lamp]

an apparatus for furnishing heat or light.

Gullstrand's slit lamp an apparatus for projecting a narrow flat beam of intense light into the eye. See also slit lamp.

slit lamp one embodying a diaphragm containing a slitlike opening, by means of which a narrow, flat beam of intense light may be projected into the eye. It gives intense illumination so that microscopic study may be made of the conjunctiva, cornea, iris, lens, and vitreous, the special feature being that it illuminates a section through the substance of these structures.

Examiner using hand-held slit lamp. (Photography by Leslie MacKeen.) From Stein et al., 2000.

sun lamp (ultraviolet lamp) an electric light that transmits ultraviolet rays; used as a therapeutic device and as a means of obtaining an artificial suntan. See also ultraviolet therapy.

slit lamp

a combination of a microscope and a narrow beam of collimated light, used to examine the eye.

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slit·lamp

, slit lamp (slit'lamp)

ophthalmology An instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit for examination of the eye.
Synonym(s): biomicroscope, Gullstrand slitlamp.

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Slit lamp

A microscope that projects a linear slit beam of light onto the eye; allows viewing of the conjunctiva, cornea, iris, aqueous humor, lens, and eyelid.

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The aim of the Premier Slit Lamp Imaging Course is to provide attendees with a detailed overview of this highly-skilled ophthalmic imaging discipline.

Haag-Streit Academy to host Premier Slit Lamp Imaging Course

"An expert who knows how to handle a slit lamp would sit down and immediately feel at home," he shared.

11 BRIGHT IDEAS Transforming EYE HEALTH

We diagnose PVR with slit lamp examination and examination with indirect ophthalmoscope.

FREQUENCY OF DIFFERENT GRADES OF PROLIFERATIVE VITREO-RETINOPATHY IN PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT

Kowa's SL-15 slit lamp provides optimum stereoscopic observation with selectable magnifications within a compact, lightweight, portable unit and the following features:

Kowa Optimed to Offer Special Pricing for the Kowa SL-15 Slit Lamp at the AAO Meeting in New Orleans, LA

The Slit Lamp facilitates an examination of the frontal structures and posterior segment of the human eye, including the eyelid, sclera, conjunctiva, iris, natural crystalline lens, and cornea.

-Commercial Bank donates Slit Lamp to National Eye Hospital

Eye ball hanger is a simple instrument designed by us in Department of Ophthalmology at Kamineni Institute Of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, with available resources which enables us to examine and grade the donor corneas of enucleated eyes using regular slit lamp and Specular Microscope (Topcon SP 3000 P).

"Eye ball hanger"--an indigenously designed device for donor corneal evaluation in enucleated eyes

Your health care professional will place eye drops containing a fluorescent dye called fluorescein into your eyes and examine them with the slit lamp while shining a blue-colored light on the eyes.

Dry Eye Syndrome; Diagnosis

The ophthalmologist examined the fundi with 90-D fundus lens and slit lamp. Indirect ophthalmoscopy was done in cases where fundus was not clearly visible with bio-microscopy.

Diagnostic accuracy of non-mydriatic fundus camera for screening of diabetic retinopathy: A hospital based observational study in Pakistan

The device has been designed to be simple to use and can be mounted on a HS-UK slit lamp in seconds.

'To boost workflow'

For most optometrists, the slit lamp is the most valuable instrument used in clinical practice.

Grafton Optical's YZ5FI slit lamp: optometrist Asif Tufail, explains how a slit lamp, with added beam splitter and a Canon 600D DSLR, has helped him enhance the patient care that he delivers at Hynes Optometrists