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Fundus observation apparatus

US8419186B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2010
Grant dateApr 16, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B3/102
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fundus observation apparatus that is capable of assisting an examiner in judging the presence or absence of abnormality in an examinee's eye based on a fundus tomographic image. The fundus observation apparatus includes an optical coherence tomography device that has an optical scanner for setting an image pickup position on a fundus of an examinee's eye, and is arranged to obtain a tomographic image of the fundus, and an information display unit that is arranged to display on a monitor the tomographic image obtained by the optical coherence tomography device and assisting information for assisting an examiner in performing judgment on the tomographic image, and the information display unit is arranged to change the assisting information based on image pickup information on the tomographic image.

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