Ultrasonic tonometer and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
AssigneeNidek Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsutomu Uemura, Kazunari Shimizu, Koji Hamaguchi
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Abstract
An ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of a subject eye by using an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic tonometer includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the subject eye with a focused ultrasonic wave, and a Z-alignment detection unit configured to detect an alignment state in a working distance direction with respect to the subject eye. An appropriate Z-alignment position is set to a position that is farther from the irradiation unit than is a geometric focal position of the irradiation unit. The appropriate Z-alignment position is detected by the Z-alignment detection unit.
Claims22
An ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of a subject eye by using an ultrasonic wave, the ultrasonic tonometer comprising:
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the subject eye with a focused ultrasonic wave;
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- a Z-alignment detection unit configured to detect an alignment state in a working distance direction with respect to the subject eye,
- wherein an appropriate Z-alignment position is set to a position that is farther from the irradiation unit than is a geometric focal position of the irradiation unit, the appropriate Z-alignment position being detected by the Z-alignment detection unit.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an ultrasonic tonometer control program used in an ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of a subject eye by using an ultrasonic wave, the ultrasonic tonometer control program comprising instructions which, when executed by a controller, cause the ultrasonic tonometer to perform:
- a Z-alignment detection step of detecting an alignment state in a working distance direction with respect to the subject eye;
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- a setting step of setting an appropriate Z-alignment position to a position that is farther from an irradiation unit than is a geometric focal position of the irradiation unit, the irradiation unit being configured to irradiate the subject eye with a focused ultrasonic wave, the appropriate Z-alignment position being detected in the Z-alignment detection step.
An ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of a subject eye by using an ultrasonic wave, the ultrasonic tonometer comprising:
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the subject eye with an ultrasonic wave;
- an alignment detection unit including an imaging optical system configured to image an anterior chamber of the subject eye, the alignment detection unit being configured to detect an alignment state with respect to the subject eye, based on an anterior chamber image acquired by the imaging optical system;
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- a controller configured to correct alignment information acquired by the alignment detection unit, based on an amount of deviation between an optical axis of the imaging optical system and a sound axis of the irradiation unit.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an ultrasonic tonometer control program used in an ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of a subject eye by using an ultrasonic wave, the ultrasonic tonometer control program comprising instructions which, when executed by a controller of the ultrasonic tonometer, cause the ultrasonic tonometer to perform:
- an alignment detection step of detecting an alignment state with respect to the subject eye, based on an anterior chamber image acquired by an imaging optical system configured to image an anterior chamber of the subject eye;
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- a correction step of correcting alignment information acquired in the alignment detection step, based on an amount of deviation between an optical axis of the imaging optical system and a sound axis of an irradiation unit.
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