Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for three-dimensional thickness mapping of corneal micro-layers and corneal diagnoses
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Application No.: US15868856Application Date: 2018-01-11
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Publication No.: US10368735B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Mohamed Abou Shousha , Amr Saad Mohamed Elsawy
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
- Applicant Address: US FL Miami
- Assignee: University of Miami
- Current Assignee: University of Miami
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Miami
- Agency: Akerman LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; A61B3/00 ; A61B3/14 ; A61B3/10 ; G06T7/11 ; G06T7/60 ; G06T3/40 ; G06T3/00 ; G06T7/32 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T5/50 ; G06T15/04

Abstract:
Techniques for improved diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of corneal pathologies use enhanced mapping of the cornea or corneal regions, to develop three-dimensional mapping of corneal thickness, while retaining particular corneal micro-layer thickness data. Anterior and posterior surface identifications, along with surface apex determinations, are used for registration of segmentation of these micro-layers. 3D heat maps and bull's-eye maps are generated from resulting thickness date. The maps provided enhanced evaluation and diagnosis of a corneal pathologies, such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, post-refractive surgery ectasia, keratoglobus, corneal transplant rejection and corneal transplant failed grafts, Fuchs dystrophy, corneal limbal stem cell deficiency, dry eye syndrome, and post-corneal collagen crosslinking evaluation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180192866A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL THICKNESS MAPPING OF CORNEAL MICRO-LAYERS AND CORNEAL DIAGNOSES Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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