Patent classifications
A61B3/1208
Optical Method to Assess the Refractive Properties of an Optical System
Disclosed embodiments may include a device, system and method for providing a low cost device that can measure refractive errors very accurately via attachment to a smart phone. A disclosed device may use ambient light or a light source in simulating the cross cylinder procedure that optometrists use by utilizing the inverse Shack-Hartman technique. The optical device may include an array of lenslets and pinholes that will force the user to effectively focus at different depths. Using an optical device, in conjunction with a smart phone, the user first changes the angle of the axis until he/she sees a cross pattern (the vertical and horizontal lines are equally spaced). The user adjusts the display, typically using the controls on the smartphone, to make the lines come together and overlap, which corresponds to bringing the view into sharp focus, thus determining the appropriate optical prescription for the user.
Contact-type ophthalmoscope
A contact-type ophthalmoscope includes a contact lens, an annular illumination module, an imaging lens group and an image capture module. The contact lens having a concave surface is configured for contacting an eyeball. The annular illumination module arranged close to the contact lens is configured for providing a direct illumination light source to illuminate a fundus of the eyeball. The imaging lens group is disposed in the central hollow portion of the annular illumination module and configured for converging the reflected light from the fundus of the eyeball. The image capture module is configured for capturing the reflected light converged by the imaging lens group to form an image. The above-mentioned contact-type ophthalmoscope has advantages of better illumination efficiency, compactness and less scattered light reflected from the imaging lens.
Electronic device, mobile terminal and control method thereof
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus comprising a mounting portion to which one of a plurality of optical heads is selectively mountable; a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus; an optical module (optical unit) configured to transmit light, which is reflected from a user's body and passed through the optical head mounted to the mounting portion, to the external apparatus; and a controller configured to obtain identification information about the optical head mounted to the mounting portion when one of the plurality of optical heads is mounted to the mounting portion, and control the communicator to transmit the identification information to the external apparatus. Thus, a desired optical head is mounted as necessary to capture an image of a user's body part, analyze the captured image, and provide analysis information to a user.
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT DEVICE WITH COORDINATED LED DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR IMAGE CAPTURE
A physical assessment device includes an instrument head, an optical assembly and an adapter interface member. The instrument head includes an illumination assembly including at least one LED and a drive circuit for powering the at least one LED with a pulse width modulation (PWM) current to achieve a variable brightness of the at least one LED. The optical assembly includes a plurality of optical components disposed along an optical axis. The adapter interface member enables an image capture device to be attached to the instrument head and aligned with the optical axis. The image capture device is configured to capture images of medical targets when illuminated by the at least one LED. The drive circuit is coordinated with the image capture device to ensure that the medical targets are at least partially illuminated during the capturing of the images notwithstanding the variable brightness of the at least one LED.
CONTACT ARRANGEMENT FOR EYE EXAMINING INSTRUMENT, EYE EXAMINING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF CONTACTING BETWEEN EYE AND EYE EXAMINING INSTRUMENT
A contact arrangement for an eye examining instrument is located between an eye that is examined and a section of the eye examining instrument, the section is directed toward the eye that is examined. The contact arrangement is disposable, biocompatible with skin and made of biodegradable material. A first side of the contact arrangement is set in contact with the skin around the eye that is examined. A second side of the contact arrangement is attached with a counterpart of the eye examining instrument in a tool-free manner without touching with hands to the contact arrangement, the attachment being releasable, at the section, which is directed toward the eye that is examined.
Diabetic retinopathy recognition system based on fundus image
Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a diabetic retinopathy recognition system (S) based on fundus image. According to an embodiment, the system includes an image acquisition apparatus (1) configured to collect fundus images. The fundus images include target fundus images and reference fundus images taken from a person. The system further includes an automatic recognition apparatus (2) configured to process the fundus images from the image acquisition apparatus by using a deep learning method. The automatic recognition apparatus automatically determines whether a fundus image has a lesion and outputs the diagnostic result. According to another embodiment, the diabetic retinopathy recognition system (S) utilizes a deep learning method to automatically determine the fundus images and output the diagnostic result.
DEVICE-ASSISTED EYE IMAGING AND/OR MEASUREMENT
Aspects of the present disclosure provide improved techniques to assist imaging and/or measuring a subject's eye that are suitable for use in an imaging and/or measuring apparatus operated by the subject, even in the absence of a clinician or technician, thereby improving access to medical grade imaging and/or measurement. Some aspects relate to techniques for receiving user input and capturing a medical grade image and/or measurement of a subject's eye responsive to receiving the user input. Some aspects relate to techniques for providing visual feedback to a user of an imaging and/or measuring apparatus indicating a location of a subject's eye in a field of view of the imaging and/or measuring apparatus. Some aspects relate to techniques for selectively illuminating a first portion of a subject's eye with illumination light and capturing an image of the first portion of the subject's eye.
HANDHELD OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS
Handheld optical imaging devices and methods are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system includes an OCT probe that is configured as a hand-held probe for imaging an eye of a patient, the OCT probe includes: an OCT optical system configured to direct a source OCT signal to the eye and configured to capture OCT scan signal returning from the eye; and an on-probe display carried by a handle, wherein the on-probe display is configured to display imaging data of the eye of a patient to an operator during OCT imaging.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
An information processing apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes: estimation means for estimating a subject's risk of developing a disease using a learned model that has learned a relationship between a feature obtained from a fundus image and a risk of developing the disease, which is evaluated from the feature; and correction means for correcting the estimated risk of developing the disease based on the subject's biological information.
OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMIC SYSTEM
An ophthalmic apparatus includes an objective lens, an illumination optical system, a mounting unit, an imaging optical system, a communication unit, and a controller. The illumination optical system is configured to generate illumination light using light from a light source, and to illuminate a subject's eye with the illumination light through the objective lens. The mounting unit is configured to allow an external device including a sensor to be mounted so that the sensor is arranged on an imaging optical path. The imaging optical system is configured to guide returning light of the illumination light from the subject's eye to the imaging optical path. The communication unit has a communication function with the external device. The controller is configured to control the illumination optical system and to control the sensor through the communication unit to synchronize with control for the illumination system.