> I don’t see an iPhone or similar device getting OCT-like images anytime soon. They need special optics to image the whole retina (although I can imagine imag

> I don’t see an iPhone or similar device getting OCT-like images anytime soon. They need special optics to image the whole retina (although I can imagine image processing hacks to work around that at the expense of exam speed), but they also require an optical system that’s quite unlike a normal camera to acquire an image at all. the star trek tricorder had attachments, for example the medical tricorder had an additional module and a detachable hand scanner. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Medical_tricorder#24th_century https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Medical_tricorder#24th_... the cellphone as the basis for the processing of various sensors, delivering software and connectivity, is essentially similar to this idea. Like when you have a thermal camera that connects to your cellphone.