In recent weeks, the new iPhone 13 and 13 Pro have been the center of everyone’s attention, even an ophthalmologist. To catch the attention of the dott. Tommy Korn, a San Diego ophthalmologist, was notably the new one macro mode iPhone 13 Pro. While many have indulged themselves with close-up photos of flowers and plants, the doctor, trying to take close-up images of the eye, discovered that he could exploit the ability of Apple’s new smartphone also for medical purposes.
Dr. Korn shared a post on LinkedIn telling his experience and declaring himself amazed at the results obtained. After giving a patient a cornea transplant, he followed the healing process by photographing the eye every day.
With the images so close and so detailed the doctor was able to quickly assess the state of post-operative abrasions. The credit goes to the quality of the iPhone 13 Pro’s superwide camera, capable of shooting just 2cm away from the subject with a 120-degree field of view.
It is not the first time that Dr. Korn uses an Apple device to visit a patient. With his team he had in fact built a support to adapt a Nikkor 105mm Macro lens to an iPhone. To further improve the quality at a later time, he also mounted a lamp so that he could also have brighter images. Below you can see a small demonstration of use.
According to the doctor and other experts who responded to the post on the social network, this is just the beginning. In the future, the capabilities of modern devices could also be exploited for the telemedicine. We’ll see.