Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for processing images of the anterior chamber angle of an eye
- Patent Title (中): 用于处理眼睛前房角度图像的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13409867Application Date: 2012-03-01
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Publication No.: US08687866B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Pina Marziliano , Jing Tian , Hon-Tym Wong , Baskaran Mani , Tin Aung
- Applicant: Pina Marziliano , Jing Tian , Hon-Tym Wong , Baskaran Mani , Tin Aung
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore SG Singapore SG Singapore
- Assignee: Nanyang Technological University,Tan Tock Seng Hospital PTE Ltd.,Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd
- Current Assignee: Nanyang Technological University,Tan Tock Seng Hospital PTE Ltd.,Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore SG Singapore SG Singapore
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G01B11/02

Abstract:
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) image of the anterior chamber of an eye is processed to determine automatically a location in the image corresponding to Schwalbe's line. First, the method finds the location of the corneal endothelium. Then the method fits a model to the detected corneal endothelium. Then the method determines the location of Schwalbe's line based on the relationship between the detected corneal endothelium and the fitted model, such as where the detected corneal endothelium diverges most from the fitted model. The Schwalbe's line is used to obtain a numerical measure of the anterior chamber angle of the eye. The method can be used in a process for screening patients for glaucoma. In the case of patients found to be suffering from glaucoma, treatment can be performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120271288A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES OF THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER ANGLE OF AN EYE Public/Granted day:2012-10-25
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