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

眼科医生使用镜片来观察眼睛后部的视网膜，以寻找导致视力问题的疾病。有了这些晶状体，他们只能看到视网膜的表面。而且，** 他们所看到的很少被记录。眼科医生的目击证词是此时临床诊断的方式。一项名为OCT的新技术可以显示视网膜表面以下的图像。这些照片首先被记录下来，然后由眼科医生进行分析。由于这些设备一次只能看到视网膜的一小部分，眼科医生更喜欢直接使用镜片通过视网膜观察的旧方法。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。由于记录了视网膜 ** 图片，因此可以由多名医生解释和讨论，并将 ** 事件发送到另一家诊所进行更多分析和专家意见。我们建议开发计算机程序，利用方程对这些图片进行测量。因此，医生不仅可以看到视网膜下方的广阔区域，还可以进行测量，以确定视网膜内的某个区域是否健康，或者是否存在某些问题，例如视网膜中的细胞受损，血液供应不足或受损，或任何其他损伤。我们提出的OCTSurfer技术有可能使医生通过进行难以目视进行的详细和微小的测量来轻松地发现疾病。这将降低错误的可能性，比如当某个东西被判断为问题时，它不是，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，并将人们推荐给眼科专家进行适当的诊断。

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.