Patent · US Expired

Method and system for supporting the evaluation of a picture of an eye

US7283653B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

16Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Gudrun Zahlmann · Dresden, DE
Volker Schmidt · Lexington, US
Siegfried Schneider · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2002
Grant date	Oct 16, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 18, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/14532
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method and a system for supporting the evaluation of a picture of a patient's eye the picture is displayed on a screen. An image-processing algorithm from a number of image processing algorithms is selected due to a preliminary diagnosis selected from a number of diagnoses which are related to diabetes. Each image-processing algorithm of the number of image processing algorithms is associated with a diagnosis of the number of diagnoses and is designed to search for a pattern which is specific to the respective diagnosis. The selected image-processing algorithm then is applied to the picture and a pattern which is detected by the selected image-processing algorithm is marked on the screen in the picture.

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