Systems for analyzing the eye
AssigneeLightfield Medical Inc.
InventorsJohn Berestka, Noah John Berestka
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Abstract
Systems and methods for imaging an eye are disclosed. The systems and methods may include at least one plenoptic camera. The systems and methods may include an illumination source with a plurality of lights.
Claims17
A method of analyzing an eye of a patient which has been illuminated with a slit-lamp microscope, the slit-lamp microscope including an illumination system and an observation system, the illumination system including a light source and a slit forming device which provides a line of light to illuminate the eye and the observation system including an imaging system including a plenoptic camera configured to receive imaging rays produced by reflection of the line of light from the eye, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of images of the eye imaged by the plenoptic camera while the eye was illuminated with the line of light, each of the stored images having at least one associated slit-lamp microscope characteristic;
- receiving an image request;
- and
- providing a requested image based on at least one of the plurality of images, the image request, and the at least one associated slit-lamp microscope characteristic of the at least one of the plurality of images.
A method of analyzing an eye of a patient, comprising the steps of:
- illuminating the eye with an illumination system, the illumination system including a light source and a slit forming device which provides a line of light to illuminate the eye;
- positioning a first camera relative to the eye to receive imaging rays produced by a reflection of the line of light from the eye;
- positioning a second camera relative to the eye to receive imaging rays produced by the reflection of the line of the light from the eye;
- and
- storing a plurality of images of the eye imaged by the first camera and the second camera while the eye was illuminated with the line of light.
A method of analyzing an eye of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- illuminating the eye with an illumination system;
- receiving with imaging optics imaging rays produced by reflection of light from the eye;
- directing the imaging rays to a viewfinder;
- directing the imaging ray to a plenoptic camera;
- focusing the imaging optics on a first object plane in the eye;
- and
- displaying on a display operatively coupled to the plenoptic camera a second object plane in the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.