IP Library Granted Patent US 10,105,052
Granted Patent B2
US 10,105,052 · App. 15/509,384 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Ophthalmic imaging apparatus and ophthalmic information processing apparatus

Inventor: Takaichi Tamura (Fujimino, JP)
Assignee: KAUBSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
A61B3/14A61B3/102A61B3/107A61B3/12
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Patent No.
US 10,105,052
App. No.
15/509,384
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ophthalmic imaging apparatus of an embodiment includes a measurement unit, an eye model generation unit, and a simulation execution unit. The measurement unit is configured to acquire a data set by applying optical coherence tomography to a three-dimensional region of a subject's eye including an area extending from an anterior surface of a cornea to a surface of a retina. The eye model generation unit is configured to acquire values of one or more parameters of the subject's eye by analyzing the data set acquired by the measurement unit, and to generate a three-dimensional eye model based on the values acquired. The simulation execution unit executes a simulation based on the three-dimensional eye model generated by the eye model generation unit.

Claims (10)

1. An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising:

a measurement unit configured to acquire a data set by applying optical coherence tomography to a three-dimensional region of a subject's eye including an area extending from an anterior surface of a cornea to a surface of a retina;

an eye model generation unit configured to acquire values of one or more parameters of the subject's eye by analyzing the data set acquired by the measurement unit, and to generate a three-dimensional eye model based on the values acquired; and

a simulation execution unit configured to execute a simulation based on the three-dimensional eye model generated by the eye model generation unit;

wherein the measurement unit comprises:

an optical system configured to split first light output from a highly depth reachable light source into measurement light and reference light, and to detect interference light generated by superposing the measurement light returning from the subject's eye on the reference light; and

an image data generation unit configured to acquire a plurality of reflection intensity profiles extending from a front surface to a rear surface of the three-dimensional region based on a result of detection of the interference light by the optical system, and to generate image data of the three-dimensional region as the data set based on the plurality of reflection intensity profiles acquired.

2. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the optical system is configured to split second light output from a light source into measurement light and reference light, and to detect interference light generated by superposing this measurement light returning from the subject's eye on this reference light, and

the image data generation unit is configured to generate image data of a partial region between the front surface and the rare surface of the three-dimensional region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2017
From: TAMURA, TAKAICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
Reel/Frame 041902/0493 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-182666 · Sep 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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