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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
Matthew J. Everett, Livermore, CA (US);
Scott A. Meyer, Livermore, CA (US);
Paul F. Stetson, Piedmont, CA (US);
Yan Zhou, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Matthew J. Everett, Livermore, CA (US);
Scott A. Meyer, Livermore, CA (US);
Paul F. Stetson, Piedmont, CA (US);
Yan Zhou, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for generating elevation maps or images of a tissue layer/boundary with respect to a fitted reference surface, comprising the steps of finding and segmenting a desired tissue layer/boundary; fitting a smooth reference surface to the segmented tissue layer/boundary; calculating elevations of the same or other tissue layer/boundary relative to the fitted reference surface; and generating maps of elevation relative to the fitted surface. The elevation can be displayed in various ways including three-dimensional surface renderings, topographical contour maps, contour maps, en-face color maps, and en-face grayscale maps. The elevation can also be combined and simultaneously displayed with another tissue layer/boundary dependent set of image data to provide additional information for diagnostics.