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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Applicants:
National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Kwang Gi Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jeong Min Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hee Kyung Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang Beom Han, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji Eun Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignees:
NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, Gyongg-do, KR;
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/0025 (2013.01); A61B 3/12 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for detecting a defective zone of a retinal nerve fiber layer (hereinafter, referred to as a RNFL), wherein a green channel image is extracted from an acquired fundus image, and polar coordinate conversion is conducted with reference to the center of a detected optic disc with regard to the image, thereby detecting a defective area of the RNFL.