Title:
DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSING AND/OR MONITORING GLAUCOMA
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011072716
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a device for accurately diagnosing and/or monitoring glaucoma.
An image capturing unit 11 captures a tomographic image including the choroid of an eye of a subject by use of an optical tomographic imaging apparatus using an optical coherence tomography. A calculation unit 12 measures the choroid thickness from the tomographic image and compares the measured choroid thickness or the evaluation value thereof with a standard value.
Inventors:
IKUNO KYOJI
USUI SHINICHI
YASUNO YOSHIAKI
USUI SHINICHI
YASUNO YOSHIAKI
Application Number:
JP2009229579A
Publication Date:
April 14, 2011
Filing Date:
October 01, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV OSAKA
UNIV TSUKUBA
UNIV TSUKUBA
International Classes:
A61B3/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ikeuchi, Sato & Partners
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