Computational lightfield ophthalmoscope
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University
InventorsNicholas J. DURR, Faisal MAHMOOD, Gregory MCKAY
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Abstract
A device for ocular diagnostics may include one or more light sources configured to illuminate an anterior segment of a patient's eye, a diffuser positioned to receive light remitted from the anterior segment of the patient's eye, and configured to provide a pattern based on the light remitted, and an image sensor configured to obtain one or more images of the pattern to enable determination of one or more properties of the patient's eye.
Claims31
A device for ocular diagnostics, comprising:
- one or more light sources configured to illuminate an anterior segment of a patient's eye;
- a diffuser positioned to receive light remitted from the anterior segment of the patient's eye, and configured to provide a pattern based on the light remitted;
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- an image sensor configured to obtain one or more images of the pattern to enable determination of one or more properties of the patient's eye.
A computational lightfield ophthalmoscope device, comprising:
- a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength range;
- a second light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength range;
- a third light source configured to emit light in a third wavelength range;
- a first beam splitter arranged to project light, emitted from the first light source, onto an anterior segment of a patient's eye;
- a second beam splitter arranged to project light, emitted from the second light source, onto a posterior segment of the patient's eye;
- a third beam splitter arranged to focus light, emitted from the third light source, onto a point in the posterior segment of the patient's eye;
- a fourth beam splitter arranged to reflect light remitted from the patient's eye;
- a diffuser positioned to receive light reflected by the fourth beam splitter, and configured to provide a pattern based on the light reflected by the fourth beam splitter;
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- an image sensor configured to obtain one or more images of the pattern for simultaneous, or near simultaneous, determination of aberrations of the patient's eye and derivation of a high-resolution image of the anterior segment of the patient's eye and a high-resolution aberration-corrected image of the posterior segment of the patient's eye.
A computational lightfield ophthalmoscope device, comprising:
- a first light source configured to periodically emit light at a first frequency;
- a second light source configured to periodically emit light at a second frequency;
- a third light source configured to periodically emit light at a third frequency;
- a first beam splitter arranged to project light, emitted from the first light source, onto an anterior segment of a patient's eye;
- a second beam splitter arranged to project light, emitted from the second light source, onto a posterior segment of the patient's eye;
- a third beam splitter arranged to focus light, emitted from the third light source, onto a point in the posterior segment of the patient's eye;
- a fourth beam splitter arranged to reflect light remitted from the patient's eye;
- a diffuser positioned to receive light reflected by the fourth beam splitter, and configured to provide a pattern based on the light reflected by the fourth beam splitter;
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- a camera configured to obtain one or more plenoptic images based on the pattern for simultaneous, or near simultaneous, determination of aberrations of the patient's eye and derivation of high-resolution images of the anterior segment of the patient's eye and the posterior segment of the patient's eye.
A method, comprising:
- emitting, by a first light source of a lightfield ophthalmoscope device, light in a first wavelength range;
- emitting, by a second light source of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, light in a second wavelength range;
- emitting, by a third light source of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, light in a third wavelength range;
- projecting, by a first beam splitter of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, the light, emitted from the first light source, onto a cornea of a patient's eye;
- projecting, by a second beam splitter of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, the light, emitted from the second light source, onto a retina of the patient's eye;
- focusing, by a third beam splitter of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, light, emitted from the third light source, onto a point in the retina;
- reflecting, by a fourth beam splitter of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, light remitted from the patient's eye;
- providing, by a diffuser of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, a pattern based on light reflected by the fourth beam splitter;
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- obtaining, by a lens-less camera of the lightfield ophthalmoscope device, one or more images of the pattern for synergistic determination of aberrations of the patient's eye and derivation of a high-resolution image of the cornea and/or high-resolution aberration-corrected image of the retina.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.