OCTSurfer - Advanced Imaging and Integrated Image Analysis Platform for 3D Optical Coherence Tomography Images of the Eye

OCTSurfer - 用于眼睛 3D 光学相干断层扫描图像的高级成像和集成图像分析平台

• 批准号: 523401-2018
• 负责人: Beg, MirzaFaisal
• 金额: $ 11.76万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Health Research Projects
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=644962
• 关键词: OCTSurfer; Advanced; Imaging; Integrated; Image

Eye doctors use lenses to look inside the back of the eye, at the retina, to search for diseases**causing vision problems. With these lenses, they can only see the surface of the retina. Also,**what they see is rarely recorded. Eye-witness testimony of the eye doctor is how clinical**diagnosis is done at this time. A new technology called OCT can show pictures of the retina**below the surface. These pictures are recorded first and then analyzed by the eye doctor.**Since these devices only see a small area of the retina at a time, eye doctors prefer the old**way of looking through the retina directly using lenses.****We propose to develop a new OCT scanner that can record a picture of the full retina, the**same or better than the area seen with lenses directly, so doctors dont miss anything. At the**same time, OCT pictures show what's below the surface, like blood vessels. Since the retina**pictures are recorded, these can be interpreted and discussed by more than one doctor, and**event sent to another clinic for more analysis and expert opinion.****We propose to develop computer programs that use equations to make measurements from**these pictures. So not only can the doctor see below the retina over a wide area, they can**also get measurements that let them decide if a region inside the retina is healthy or if there is**some problem such as damaged cells in the retina, poor or damaged blood supply, or any**other damage.****The OCTSurfer technology that we propose has the potential to make it easy for doctors to**find diseases by making detailed and minute measurements that are difficult to make visually.**This will lower the chances of errors, like when something is judged to be a problem when it**isnt, or when a problem is missed. People living far from cities can benefit by sending their**images to a eye doctor in a city clinic. Optometrists could use OCTSurfer to screen for**disease and refer people to eye specialists for proper diagnosis.

眼科医生使用镜片观察眼球后部，即视网膜，以寻找导致视力问题的疾病。使用这些镜片，他们只能看到视网膜的表面。此外，他们所看到的很少被记录下来。眼科医生的目击证词是目前临床诊断的方式。一项名为OCT的新技术可以在表面下显示视网膜的图片。这些图像首先被记录下来，然后由眼科医生分析。**由于这些设备一次只能看到视网膜的一小部分，眼科医生更喜欢使用镜片直接查看视网膜的旧方法。*我们建议开发一种新的OCT扫描仪，它可以记录整个视网膜的图像，与直接使用镜片看到的区域相同或更好，所以医生不会错过任何东西。与此同时，OCT图像显示了表面之下的东西，比如血管。由于视网膜**图像被记录下来，这些图像可以被不止一名医生解释和讨论，并且**事件被发送到另一家诊所以进行更多的分析和专家意见。*我们建议开发计算机程序，使用方程式来根据**这些图像进行测量。因此，医生不仅可以看到大范围的视网膜下方，他们还可以**进行测量，以确定视网膜内的某个区域是否健康，或者是否**存在一些问题，如视网膜细胞受损、血液供应不足或受损，或任何**其他**损害。*我们提出的OCTSurfer技术有可能使医生通过进行难以目测的详细和微小的测量来**轻松地**发现疾病。**这将降低出错的可能性，比如当某事被判断为问题时，它并不**，或者当一个问题被遗漏时。居住在远离城市的人们可以通过将他们的**图像发送给城市诊所的眼科医生而受益。验光师可以使用OCTSurfer来筛查**疾病，并将患者转介到眼科专家那里进行适当的诊断。