AN APPARATUS CONFIGURATED TO AND A PROCESS TO PHOTOACOUSTICALL IMAGE AND MEASURE A STRUCTURE AT THE HUMAN EYE FUNDUS
First Claim
1. An apparatus configured to photoacoustically image and measure a structure at the human eye fundus, comprising:
- an emitter element configured to emit electro-magnetic radiation;
a transition element configured to deliver the electro-magnetic radiation into an eye;
a detection element configured to detect an acoustic wave and convert the acoustic wave into a digital wave signal;
an analysis element configured to process the digital wave signal into at least one of an image and a measurement;
a display element configured to display a representation of at least one of the image and the measurement; and
a coupling member configured and arranged to acoustically couple the eye to the detection element such that the acoustic wave generated within the eye is capable of being guided onto the detection element.
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Abstract
An apparatus configured to photoacoustically image and measure a structure at the human eye fundus or components, substances, cells, tissue, or analytes within the eye and within the blood vessels of the eye including an emitter element for emitting electro-magnetic radiation, a transition element for delivering the electro-magnetic radiation into an eye, a detection element for detecting an acoustic wave and converting the acoustic wave into a digital wave signal, an analysis element for processing the digital wave signal into an image or measurement or both, and a display element for displaying a representation of the image and/or the measurement. The apparatus additionally includes a coupling member, the coupling member being configured and arranged to acoustically couple the eye to the detection element such that the acoustic wave generated within the eye can be guided onto the detection element.
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38 Claims
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1. An apparatus configured to photoacoustically image and measure a structure at the human eye fundus, comprising:
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an emitter element configured to emit electro-magnetic radiation; a transition element configured to deliver the electro-magnetic radiation into an eye; a detection element configured to detect an acoustic wave and convert the acoustic wave into a digital wave signal; an analysis element configured to process the digital wave signal into at least one of an image and a measurement; a display element configured to display a representation of at least one of the image and the measurement; and a coupling member configured and arranged to acoustically couple the eye to the detection element such that the acoustic wave generated within the eye is capable of being guided onto the detection element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 36, 37)
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18. An apparatus configured to photoacoustically image and measure a structure at the human eye fundus, comprising:
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an emitter element configured to emit electro-magnetic radiation; a transition element configured to deliver the electro-magnetic radiation into an eye; a detection element configured to detect an acoustic wave and converting the acoustic wave into a digital wave signal; an analysis element configured to process the digital wave signal into at least one of an image or a measurement; and a display element configured to display a representation of at least one of the image and the measurement, the transition element being configured to guide the illumination beam into the eye, and the emitter element being configured to modulate the intensity of the illumination beam to project at least one of target information, text information, and image information onto the retina of the eye.
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19-35. -35. (canceled)
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38-48. -48. (canceled)
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