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Low cost digital endoscopic photography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

G D Barr
G D Barr*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, Scotland, UK
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Address for correspondence: Mr G D Barr, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie ML6 0JS, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Introduction:

Endoscopic digital photography usually involves expensive and often cumbersome equipment.

Aim:

This study aimed to construct a low cost adaptor with which to connect a budget-priced digital camera to a nasal endoscope, in order to enable inexpensive, good quality otology photography.

Method:

A method of making an adaptor from a simple plastic bottle top is described, and the photographic technique is outlined.

Results:

The adaptor fitted well with commonly used endoscopes, and excellent results were obtained.

Conclusion:

High quality digital endoscopic photographs can be obtained using a low cost compact digital camera fitted with a simple adaptor made from a plastic bottle top. Such a method would make digital photography via a rigid endoscope easily affordable worldwide.

Keywords

EndoscopyPhotographyOtolaryngology
Type
Short Communications
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 123 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 453 - 456
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2008

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Footnotes

Presented at the Scottish Otolaryngological Society Meeting, May 2007, Dunkeld, Scotland, UK.

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