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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Yijun Huang, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Tetsuyoshi Royama, Montvale, NJ (US);
Alexandre Kotchkin, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Yijun Huang, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Tetsuyoshi Royama, Montvale, NJ (US);
Alexandre Kotchkin, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Topcon Medical Systems, Inc., Oakland, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are method and apparatus for characterizing the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). An advantageous diagnostic parameter for characterizing the RNFL is a function of the product of the local RNFL thickness at a measurement locus×the distance of the measurement locus from a base point. The value of the diagnostic parameter in a patient's retina is compared to a corresponding reference range acquired from a population of healthy retinas.