SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING TEAR FILM STRUCTURE MEASUREMENT

• Main Authors: EPSTEIN, Shlomi, COHEN, Yoel, ARIELI, Yoel, ARBEL, Dror
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.01.2019
• Subjects: COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; RADIATION PYROMETRY; SURGERY; TESTING

In a system and method for performing tear film structure measurements a broadband light source illuminates the tear film on a cornea of the eye and a spectrometer measures respective spectra of reflected light from at least one point of the cornea. A color camera obtains a large field of view image...