Automatic diagnostic system for measuring ocular refractive errors

Liliane Ventura; Caio Chiaradia; Sidney Julio Faria de Sousa; Jarbas Caiado de Castro

doi:10.1117/12.240071

17 May 1996 Automatic diagnostic system for measuring ocular refractive errors

Liliane Ventura, Caio Chiaradia, Sidney Julio Faria de Sousa, Jarbas Caiado de Castro

Proceedings Volume 2673, Ophthalmic Technologies VI; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240071
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Ocular refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) are automatic and objectively determined by projecting a light target onto the retina using an infra-red (850 nm) diode laser. The light vergence which emerges from the eye (light scattered from the retina) is evaluated in order to determine the corresponding ametropia. The system basically consists of projecting a target (ring) onto the retina and analyzing the scattered light with a CCD camera. The light scattered by the eye is divided into six portions (3 meridians) by using a mask and a set of six prisms. The distance between the two images provided by each of the meridians, leads to the refractive error of the referred meridian. Hence, it is possible to determine the refractive error at three different meridians, which gives the exact solution for the eye's refractive error (spherical and cylindrical components and the axis of the astigmatism). The computational basis used for the image analysis is a heuristic search, which provides satisfactory calculation times for our purposes. The peculiar shape of the target, a ring, provides a wider range of measurement and also saves parts of the retina from unnecessary laser irradiation. Measurements were done in artificial and in vivo eyes (using cicloplegics) and the results were in good agreement with the retinoscopic measurements.

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Liliane Ventura, Caio Chiaradia, Sidney Julio Faria de Sousa, and Jarbas Caiado de Castro "Automatic diagnostic system for measuring ocular refractive errors", Proc. SPIE 2673, Ophthalmic Technologies VI, (17 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240071

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Eye

Retina

Charge-coupled devices

Light scattering

Light sources

Monochromatic aberrations

Diagnostics

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