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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Harihar Narasimha-Iyer, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/102 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01); G06K 9/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 7/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically detecting, classifying and quantifying clumps indicative of inflammation in the eye using optical coherence tomography images are described. Clump detection relies on both intensity and geometric thresholding. Applications of the invention include improved diagnosis, classification and monitoring of inflammatory disease.