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Apparatus and method of diagnosis of optically identifiable ophthalmic conditions

  • US 7,575,321 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2005
  • Issued: 08/18/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of obtaining an interpretive result relating to a condition of a person, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at a testing venue a person whose condition is to be evaluated;

    testing said person at said testing venue with an apparatus having at least one imager for imaging at least a portion of an eye of said person and at least one data collection apparatus for collecting from said eye a data set indicative of a neurological disorder, said testing comprising observing with said apparatus at least two disparate kinds of information selected from one or more images and one or more data sets; and

    wherein said at least one imager is configured to provide image data comprising at least one first image data type selected from the group consisting of data from ophthalmic images using confocal microscopy data, retinal polarimetry data, optical coherence tomography data, thermal image data, spectroscopic image data, refractometry data and visible image data; and

    interrelating said at least two disparate kinds of information selected from one or more images and one or more data sets to obtain said interpretive result relating to said condition of said person.

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