Patent classifications
A61B3/1176
SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPE, OPHTHALMIC INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPHTHALMIC SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
A slit lamp microscope of an aspect example includes a scanner and a data processor. The scanner is configured to scan an anterior segment of a subject's eye with slit light to collect a plurality of cross sectional images. The data processor is configured to generate opacity distribution information that represents a distribution of an opaque area in a crystalline lens, based on the plurality of cross sectional images collected by the scanner.
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A PRESENCE AND SEVERITY OF A CATARACT IN AMBIENT LIGHTING
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for making a determination about a cataract in an eye in ambient lighting conditions.
Ophthalmic surgery using light-field microscopy
A system and method for ophthalmic surgery in which a light field camera is used to capture a digital image of the surgical field including the eye. The digital image is used to create image information and directional information, which is then used to from a three dimensional (3D) image with motion parallax.
OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SAID PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON
An ocular fundus image processing device acquires a first image generated by irradiating an ocular fundus of a subject with excitation light of a blue wavelength and a second image generated by irradiating the ocular fundus with excitation light of a green wavelength, generates three trained models for predicting a correction factor for calculating a quantity of macular pigment of the subject from input images including the first image and the second image through training using three different initial values, predicts three correction factors by inputting the input images including the first image and the second image to the three trained models, calculates a statistical value of the three correction factors and derives the statistical value as the correction factor of the subject, and calculates a quantity of macular pigment of the subject on the basis of the first image and the correction factor of the subject.
Eye movement in response to visual stimuli for assessment of ophthalmic and neurological conditions
The present invention generally relates to apparatus, software and methods for assessing ocular, ophthalmic, neurological, physiological, psychological and/or behavioral conditions. As disclosed herein, the conditions are assessed using eye-tracking technology that beneficially eliminates the need for a subject to fixate and maintain focus during testing or to produce a secondary (non-optical) physical movement or audible response, i.e., feedback. The subject is only required to look at a series of individual visual stimuli, which is generally an involuntary reaction. The reduced need for cognitive and/or physical involvement of a subject allows the present modalities to achieve greater accuracy, due to reduced human error, and to be used with a wide variety of subjects, including small children, patients with physical disabilities or injuries, patients with diminished mental capacity, elderly patients, animals, etc.
CATARACT DETECTION AND ASSESSMENT
An eye imager includes a camera having at least one infrared LED. The eye imager captures a sequence of infrared images of an eye using the camera. The eye imager selects an infrared image from the sequence of infrared images. The eye imager determines a cataract is detected in the infrared image and performs an action based on detection of the cataract.
FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS
A fundus photographing apparatus includes: a photographing unit including a front photographing optical system that forms, on a pupil of an examinee's eye, an illuminating light projection region and an illuminating light receiving region next to each other in a first direction, the front photographing optical system scanning a fundus of examinee's eye with illuminating light to acquire two-dimensional reflection image of the fundus; a driver that moves the photographing unit relative to examinee's eye; and a processor that switches, between a first and a second alignment mode, a control of guiding a positional relation between the examinee's eye and the photographing unit, the positional relation being guided to a first alignment state in predetermined positional relationship in the first alignment mode, and being guided to a second alignment state displaced at least in a direction crossing the first direction from the first alignment state in the second alignment mode.
Anterior ocular segment optical coherence tomographic imaging device and anterior ocular segment optical coherence tomographic imaging method
An anterior ocular segment optical coherence tomographic imaging device and an anterior ocular segment optical coherence tomographic imaging method that can accurately analyze the shape of a crystalline lens by identifying the boundary of each layer of the crystalline lens in a tomographic image of an anterior ocular segment of a subject's eye, which is taken by optical coherence tomography. A layer boundary detector calculates brightness gradients from brightness values in a tomographic image of an anterior ocular segment of a subject's eye, which is taken by optical coherence tomography, in a depth direction of the tomographic image from a cornea to a retina, detect edges b1, b2, b3, and b4 that are larger than a predetermined threshold, and identify a boundary of each layer of the crystalline lens L from positions of the edge b1, b2, b3, and b4.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SCREEN ADJUSTING METHOD BASED ON CONDITION OF USER'S EYE
A method for adjusting a display screen of an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a pupil image of a user of the electronic device. An eye condition of the user is determined by analyzing the pupil image. The proportions between a red channel, a green channel, and a blue channel (RGB) of a display screen of the electronic device is adjusted according to the eye condition.
Movable wide-angle ophthalmic surgical system
A surgical imaging system can include at least one light source, configured to generate a light beam; a beam guidance system, configured to guide the light beam from the light source; a beam scanner, configured to receive the light from the beam guidance system, and to generate a scanned light beam; a beam coupler, configured to redirect the scanned light beam; and a wide field of view (WFOV) lens, configured to guide the redirected scanned light beam into a target region of a procedure eye; wherein the beam coupler is movably positioned relative to the procedure eye such that the beam coupler is selectively movable to change at least one of an incidence angle of the redirected scanned light beam into the procedure eye and the target region of the procedure eye.