Enhanced visually directed procedures under low ambient light conditions

A computer readable medium storing a set of computer instructions for enhancing control of a visually directed eye procedure on a patient's eye having a pupil under low ambient visible light, the set of computer instructions being executable by a processor and comprising:

• acquiring, from at least one high resolution photosensor, at least one real-time high resolution video signal representing at least one view of the eye in at least one wavelength of light outside of the wavelengths of visible light;
• converting, via a processor, at least one view of the eye in at least one wavelength of light outside of the wavelengths of visible light into at least one wavelength of visible light;
• displaying the at least one view corresponding to the at least one real-time high resolution video signal in the at least one wavelength of visible light;
• prompting a user, via a display, to inspect the eye of the patient under light conditions having visible light insufficient to cause the pupil of the eye to constrict substantially from its maximum pupillary diameter;
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• prompting a user, via a display, to perform an ocular procedure on the eye under light conditions substantially identical to the light conditions for inspecting the eye.