The Uab Research Foundation (the University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Raghunandan Manchenahalli

Matthew H Smith

Kurt R Denninghoff

Lloyd W Hillman

Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for more accurately determining the percent transmittance of a vessel, such as a retinal vessel, at each of a number of different wavelengths and, in turn, for more accurately determining the blood oxygen saturation within the vessel. The blood oxygen saturation is determined based upon a plurality of images of the vessel obtained with illumination of different wavelengths. Background images are generated based upon respective images of the vessel in order to approximate the tissue bed underlying the vessel, such as the background fundus underlying the retinal vessel. Thereafter, a plurality of transmittance images are determined based upon respective pairs of the background images and the images of the vessel, such as by dividing the image of the vessel by the respective background image. Based upon a plurality of transmittance images, the blood oxygen saturation in the vessel may be determined.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Raghunandan Manchenahalli