Endoscopy in otolaryngology utilising smartphone as the capturing device

Abstract

Mobile technology has been a significant development. With the advent of smartphones and many applications, it is possible to integrate endoscopic instruments. This is a study where the authors were able to use a smartphone as the capturing device for endoscopic examinations and were able to get satisfactory results on all but two of the 52 patients, doing four endoscopic examinations commonly being performed in otolaryngology clinics: rigid nasal endoscopy, rigid laryngoscopy, otoscopy and flexible fiberoptic naso-laryngoscopy. This article reveals their experience.

Keywords:

• Endoscopy
• optic technology
• smartphone
• mobile medicine
• laryngoscopy
• otoscopy

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank to Drs Erkan Aktan and Gaffar Aslan for taking part in the evaluation of the image quality of the recordings.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. The study was done without any funding or financial support from any institution or company.