Vitreous visualization system and method

A vitreous visualization system comprising a vitreous illuminator comprising:

• a vitreous visualization light source;
• and
• a vitreous visualization tool that is configured to transmit light from the vitreous visualization light source into an eye having vitreous, a pupil, a vitreous-pupil axis, and a retina at an angle B with the vitreous-pupil axis of the eye such that a brightness of the vitreous in the eye is higher than a brightness of the retina of the eye;
• a general illuminator comprising:
• a general light source;
• and
• a general illumination tool that is configured to transmit light from the general light source into the eye;
• wherein the vitreous visualization tool and the general illumination tool form a combined tool;
• wherein the combined tool comprises a single optical fiber that transmits both the light from the vitreous visualization light source and the light from the general light source;
• wherein the vitreous visualization light source is a monochromatic laser and the general light source is a white light source and wherein a dichroic filter combines the laser light from the vitreous visualization light source and the white light from the white light source to form a collimated beam to place on the single optical fiber of the combined tool.