A61B3/0058

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND OPHTHALMIC MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
20230139476 · 2023-05-04 ·

An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a generation unit. The generation unit generates difference information relating to a difference between a first observation condition that is an observation condition when observing an eye to be examined by a slit lamp microscope and a second observation condition that is an observation condition that is a basis with respect to observation of the eye to be examined by the slit lamp microscope. It is possible to easily perform operations in observation.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING ONE OR MORE IMAGES OF AN EYE IN MEDICAL PROCEDURES
20230206439 · 2023-06-29 ·

The disclosure provides a system that may acquire, via an image sensor, an image of an eye of a person; may determine a location of an iris of the eye from the image; may determine a position of a suction ring from the image; may display, via a display, the image; may display, via the display, a first graphic overlay on the image that indicates the location of the iris of the eye;

may display, via the display, a second graphic overlay on the image that indicates the position of the suction ring; may determine multiple iris structures from the image; may determine an orientation of the eye based at least on the multiple iris structures from the image; and may display, via the display, information that indicates the orientation of the eye.

Corneal endothelial cell analysis method and corneal endothelial cell analysis apparatus
09844316 · 2017-12-19 · ·

A corneal endothelial cell analysis method includes: a step of displaying a photographed image including endothelial cells of a cornea of an examinee's eye on a monitor; a step of setting, based on an operation signal from a user interface, regions of the endothelial cells for each or more than one of the cells with respect to the photographed image displayed on the monitor, the setting step including setting the endothelial cell regions on the one photographed image by use of setting modes including at least a first setting mode of setting the endothelial cell regions and a second setting mode different from the first setting mode; and a step of obtaining an analysis result on the endothelial cells of the examinee's eye based on the endothelial cell regions set by the first setting mode and the endothelial cell regions set by the second setting mode.

Enhanced ophthalmic surgical experience using a virtual reality head-mounted display
09844321 · 2017-12-19 · ·

An ophthalmic surgical system comprises: a camera optically coupled to a surgical microscope; a virtual reality (VR) headset worn by a surgeon; and a VR data processing unit configured to communicate with the surgical microscope, the VR headset, and an ophthalmic surgical apparatus, wherein the VR data processing unit is configured to: project a real time video screen of video received from the camera into the VR headset; project a patient information screen into the VR headset to provide the patient information directly to the surgeon during ophthalmic surgery; project a surgical apparatus information screen into the VR headset; project a surgical apparatus input control screen into the VR headset to provide the surgeon with direct control over the surgical apparatus; and control which ones of the screens are visible in the VR headset based inputs indicating head movements of the surgeon as detected by the VR headset.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING OPTICOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS
20170354369 · 2017-12-14 ·

A mobile system for measuring opticokinetic nystagmus in a subject includes a display screen to provide an opticokinetic stimulus and an imaging system to record eye movement data of the subject. The mobile system is configured to compare the stimulus and the recorded eye movement data to provide objective vision acuity testing.

Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and program
09839351 · 2017-12-12 · ·

A method of generating a tomographic image using optical coherence tomography includes: a data obtaining step of obtaining a plurality of pieces of tomographic image data each indicating a tomogram at substantially the same position of an object; a removing step of removing an outlier from the plurality of pieces of tomographic image data; a computation step of computing a motion contrast value based on the plurality of pieces of tomographic image data from which the outlier is removed; and a generation step of generating a motion contrast image of the object based on the motion contrast value.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to execute structural analysis on a tomographic image acquired by an acquiring unit and detect an abnormal portion of the eye; and a display control unit configured to cause a displaying unit to display a finding of the abnormal portion detected by the detecting unit, as a sentence or a word in a manner superimposed on the tomographic image.

STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE FIXED MAGNIFICATION LEVELS
20230179755 · 2023-06-08 ·

This disclosure provides techniques and apparatuses for displaying stereoscopic video data of a target surgical site. An example ophthalmic imaging apparatus includes first and second stereoscopic lens sets configured to receive light from the target surgical site. In some embodiments, first stereoscopic lens set includes at least a first fixed focal length lens configured to magnify the received light according to a first fixed magnification level. In some embodiments, the second stereoscopic lens set includes at least a second fixed focal length lens configured to magnify the received light according to a second fixed magnification level different from the first fixed magnification level. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus also includes first and second pluralities of image sensors configured to receive the light and generate first and second image data. The first and second image data may be converted into first and second stereoscopic video data for display on a display monitor.

OPHTHALMIC IMAGING APPARATUS
20170325679 · 2017-11-16 · ·

An ophthalmic imaging apparatus of an embodiment scans a subject's eye with OCT to acquire a cross sectional image. A measurement unit performs OCT. An imaging unit acquires a moving image of the subject's eye. A display controller controls a display device to display the moving image acquired by the imaging unit, and two or more scan pattern images corresponding to two or more scan lines representing scan positions and scan directions in the moving image and arranged such that at least two of the two or more scan pattern images intersect one another. An operation unit is used for changing a relative position between the two or more scan pattern images. A measurement controller controls the measurement unit to perform OCT based on the two or more scan lines corresponding to the two or more scan pattern images after the relative position have been changed.

Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing program
09808150 · 2017-11-07 · ·

An image processing apparatus includes: a tomographic image acquisition unit that acquires a first tomographic image of a subject's eye captured at a first time point that is a past time point; a tomographic image capturing unit that acquires a second tomographic image of the subject's eye captured at a second time point later than the first time point; and an image display control unit that, if one image capturing region of an image capturing region of the first tomographic image and an image capturing region of the second tomographic image is larger than the other image capturing region, performs control to provide, on an image display portion, a display of both a tomographic image of only a partial region of the one image capturing region which is a corresponding region corresponding to the other image capturing region and a tomographic image of the other image capturing region.