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US 2016/0235296 A1Published application
Detection of nutrient deficiencies influencing ocular health
OwnerBarbara L. DUNNINGinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for identifying and treating subjects having nutrient deficiencies. A method for scoring nutritional deficiency in a subject's eye is also provided.
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A method for identifying a subject having a nutritional deficiency, the method comprising:
- a) obtaining an image of the subject's ocular posterior pole;
- b) comparing the image to at least one reference ocular posterior pole image;
- c) identifying a nutritional deficiency in the subject based on the comparison to the reference image,
- wherein if the reference image is a healthy posterior pole, then an obtained image that comprises at least one region of increased contrast and/or decreased brightness relative to the reference image is indicative of the nutrient deficiency,
- wherein if the reference image is a nutrient deficient posterior pole, then an obtained image that comprises at least one region of equal or increased contrast and/or equal or decreased brightness relative to the reference image is indicative of the nutrient deficiency, and
- wherein the nutrient deficiency comprises a deficiency of one or more of lutein and zeaxanthin.
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