Patent classifications
A61B3/0008
OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASURING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME
An optical measurement apparatus includes a light source unit generating and outputting light, a polarized light generating unit generating polarized light from the light, an optical system generating a pupil image of a measurement target, using the polarized light, a self-interference generating unit generating multiple beams that are split from the pupil image, and a detecting unit detecting a self-interference image generated by interference of the multiple beams with each other.
OPHTHALMOLOGY INSPECTION DEVICE AND PUPIL TRACKING METHOD
A pupil tracking method includes: retrieving an external eye image of a subject, wherein the external eye image includes a pupil of the subject; performing an image preprocessing on the external eye image, wherein the image preprocessing includes performing a binary conversion on the external eye image to obtain a binary image; finding out a contour boundary of each feature in the binary image, and finding out a pupil feature based on a variance of a distance from the contour boundary of each feature to a corresponding reference point; fitting the contour boundary of the pupil feature by a boundary fitting method to find a center coordinate of the pupil feature. The abovementioned pupil tracking method can track the pupil of the subject's eyeball without using a stereo camera. An ophthalmology inspection device using the abovementioned pupil tracking method is also disclosed.
Functional OCT data processing
A method of processing functional OCT image data, acquired by an OCT scanner scanning a retina that is being repeatedly stimulated by a light stimulus, to obtain a response of the retina to the light stimulus, comprising: receiving OCT image data generated by the OCT scanner repeatedly scanning the retina over a time period, and a sequence of stimulus indicators each indicative of a stimulation of the retina by the light stimulus in a respective time interval of a sequence of time intervals spanning the time period; calculating, for each stimulus indicator, a product of the stimulus indicator and a respective windowed portion of the sequence of B-scans comprising a B-scan based on a portion of the OCT image data generated while the retina was being stimulated in accordance with the stimulus indicator; and combining the calculated products to generate the indication of the response.
SPECTRALLY ADJUSTABLE OCULAR PHOTOSENSITIVITY ANALYZER
Ocular photosensitivity analyzer. In an embodiment, a programmable light source, comprising a plurality of multi-spectra light modules, is configured to emit light according to a lighting condition. For one or a plurality of iterations, the programmable light source is activated to emit the light according to the lighting condition, and collect a response, by a subject, to the emitted light via a sensing system comprising one or more sensors. Between iterations, the programmable light source may be reconfigured based on the response to determine a visual photosensitivity threshold of the subject.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING BINOCULAR VISION
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for improving binocular vision, which generate a virtual image moving between two different depths to stimulate and then strengthen the weaker/abnormal eye of the viewer to eventually improve or even restore his/her binocular vision based on the viewer's eye information. The system comprises an eye tracking module and a virtual image module. The eye tracking module is configured to provide eye information of the viewer. The virtual image module configured to display a first virtual object by projecting multiple normal light signals to a viewer's first eye to form a normal image and corresponding multiple adjusted light signals to a viewers second eye to form an adjusted image.
OPTICAL SYSTEM, FUNDUS IMAGING APPARATUS, AND FUNDUS IMAGING SYSTEM
A fundus imaging apparatus includes an illumination apparatus including a light source and an illumination optical system, and an imaging apparatus including an image sensor and an imaging optical system. The illumination optical system irradiates a fundus with light from the light source. The imaging optical system forms an image of the fundus on the image sensor. An optical axis of the illumination optical system does not match an optical axis of the imaging optical system, or the illumination optical system does not have a specific optical axis.
OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
An ophthalmic apparatus includes an illumination optical system, an optical scanner, an imaging optical system, a controller, and an image forming unit. The illumination optical system is configured to generate slit-shaped illumination light. The optical scanner is configured to deflect the illumination light to guide the illumination light to a fundus of a subject's eye. The imaging optical system is configured to guide returning light of the illumination light from the fundus to an image sensor. The controller is configured to control the optical scanner. The image forming unit is configured to form an image of the fundus based on a light receiving result captured in an imaging target region on a light receiving surface of the image sensor. The image sensor is configured to capture the light receiving result in an opening region on the light receiving surface using a rolling shutter method, the opening region corresponding to an illumination region of the illumination light on the fundus, the illumination region being moved in a predetermined scan direction by the optical scanner. The controller is configured to control the optical scanner so that irradiation times of the returning light at a plurality of light receiving elements in the imaging target region are substantially equal.
ASSESSMENT OF IMAGE QUALITY FOR A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS DEVICE
A medical diagnostic system can assess quality of a representation of a body part determined based on a response of the body part to exposure to electromagnetic waves, process the representation with a disease detection machine learning model to determine a certainty measure for a presence of a disease, determine a quality score for the representation based on the quality of the representation and the certainty measure, and discard the at least one representation based on the quality score. Combining machine learning in conjunction with one another, such as, for quality assessment and disease detection, can provide for more accurate image quality analysis, lead to faster medical imaging, and reduce the need to retake images or entirely re-perform medical imaging. The system can be easier to use, be more robust and faster than other systems by reducing the need to retake images while maintaining performance of the system.
SLIT-LAMP MICROSCOPE
A slit-lamp microscope includes a base plate defining an x-axis and a z-axis. The microscope includes a movable base member slidably disposed on the base plate. The microscope includes a computer that generates first and second control signals to induce first and second movement devices, respectively, to move the movable base member in response to a first x-axis command and a first z-axis command, respectively, in first and second remote control messages, respectively. The computer generates a third control signal to induce the digital camera of the microscope assembly to generate a digital image from the light received from the subjects eye in response to the photograph command in a third remote control message.
OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS
In an ophthalmologic apparatus, including: an objective lens that faces a subject's eye; an illumination optical system that irradiates a cornea of the subject's eye with illumination light through the objective lens; and a corneal measurement optical system including an interference image capturing camera that takes an image of a corneal reflection light, which is a reflection of the illumination light reflected from the cornea, through the objective lens, a numerical aperture G of the illumination optical system is larger than a numerical aperture g of the corneal measurement optical system.