Apparatus and method for measuring spectrum image data of eyeground
First Claim
1. An apparatus for measuring spectral fundus image data, comprising:
- an illumination optical system having an illumination light source that emits a light beam in a specified wavelength range, for illuminating a fundus of a subject eye with the light beam from the illumination light source;
a light receiving optical system for receiving the light beam reflected from the illuminated fundus and for forming a fundus image on the light receiving surface of a photographing section;
a wavelength tunable filter disposed in either the illumination optical system or the light receiving optical system and capable of choosing a wavelength of a transmitted light beam in the specified wavelength range;
a spectral characteristic correcting filter disposed in either the illumination optical system or the light receiving optical system and having a wavelength characteristic for correcting the wavelength characteristic of the emitted light intensity of the illumination light source and the transmission wavelength characteristic of the wavelength tunable filter to keep the received light intensity on the light receiving surface within a specified range; and
a data measuring section for taking spectral fundus image data based on signals from the light receiving surface when the wavelength of the transmitted light beam of the wavelength tunable filter is changed.
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Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide a favorable spectral characteristic that reduces variation depending on the frequency of received light intensity, and that is gentle on a subject eye. It also eliminates displacement between positions of respective spectral images of the same part even if a change in alignment occurs between the eye and apparatus with the lapse of time. An apparatus 1 for measuring spectral fundus image data of this invention comprises: an illumination optical system 10 having an illumination light source 11 that emits a light beam in a specified wavelength range; a light receiving optical system 20 for forming a fundus image on the light receiving surface of a photographing section 4; a liquid crystal wavelength tunable filter 32 capable of choosing a wavelength of a transmitted light beam in a specified wavelength range; a spectral characteristic correction filter 13 having wavelength characteristic for correcting the wavelength characteristic of the emitted light intensity of the illumination light source 11 and the transmission wavelength characteristic of the wavelength tunable filter 32 so that the received light intensity on the light receiving surface is kept within the specified range; and a data measuring section 7 for taking the spectral fundus image data from the light receiving surface while changing the wavelength of the light beam passing through the wavelength tunable filter 32.
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1. An apparatus for measuring spectral fundus image data, comprising:
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an illumination optical system having an illumination light source that emits a light beam in a specified wavelength range, for illuminating a fundus of a subject eye with the light beam from the illumination light source;
a light receiving optical system for receiving the light beam reflected from the illuminated fundus and for forming a fundus image on the light receiving surface of a photographing section;
a wavelength tunable filter disposed in either the illumination optical system or the light receiving optical system and capable of choosing a wavelength of a transmitted light beam in the specified wavelength range;
a spectral characteristic correcting filter disposed in either the illumination optical system or the light receiving optical system and having a wavelength characteristic for correcting the wavelength characteristic of the emitted light intensity of the illumination light source and the transmission wavelength characteristic of the wavelength tunable filter to keep the received light intensity on the light receiving surface within a specified range; and
a data measuring section for taking spectral fundus image data based on signals from the light receiving surface when the wavelength of the transmitted light beam of the wavelength tunable filter is changed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for measuring spectral fundus image data, comprising:
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an illumination optical system for illuminating a fundus of a subject eye;
a light receiving optical system for receiving a light beam reflected from the illuminated fundus and for forming a fundus image on a light receiving surface of a photographing section; and
a data measuring section for comparing with each other a plurality of spectral fundus image original data taken at different time points based on signals from the light receiving surface to correct positions of the images, and for producing a series of fundus image data with their positions corrected. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for measuring spectral fundus image data, comprising the steps of:
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illuminating a fundus of a subject eye of an animal with a light beam in a specified wavelength range;
receiving a reflected light beam from the fundus and forming an animal fundus image;
changing a wavelength of the light beam in the specified wavelength range to take spectral fundus image data; and
comparing with each other spectral fundus image original data different in wavelength by an amount of change smaller than a threshold value, and producing a series of spectral fundus image data in the specified wavelength range. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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