- •Contents
- •1.1. Introduction to the Eye
- •1.2. The Anatomy of the Human Visual System
- •1.3. Neurons
- •1.4. Synapses
- •1.5. Vision — Sensory Transduction
- •1.6. Retinal Processing
- •1.7. Visual Processing in the Brain
- •1.8. Biological Vision and Computer Vision Algorithms
- •References
- •2.1. Introduction to Computational Methods for Feature Detection
- •2.2. Preprocessing Methods for Retinal Images
- •2.2.1. Illumination Effect Reduction
- •2.2.1.1. Non-linear brightness transform
- •2.2.2. Image Normalization and Enhancement
- •2.2.2.1. Color channel transformations
- •2.2.2.3. Local adaptive contrast enhancement
- •2.2.2.4. Histogram transformations
- •2.3. Segmentation Methods for Retinal Anatomy Detection and Localization
- •2.3.1. A Boundary Detection Methods
- •2.3.1.1. First-order difference operators
- •2.3.1.2. Second-order boundary detection
- •2.3.1.3. Canny edge detection
- •2.3.2. Edge Linkage Methods for Boundary Detection
- •2.3.2.1. Local neighborhood gradient thresholding
- •2.3.2.2. Morphological operations for edge link enhancement
- •2.3.2.3. Hough transform for edge linking
- •2.3.3. Thresholding for Image Segmentation
- •2.3.3.1. Segmentation with a single threshold
- •2.3.3.2. Multi-level thresholding
- •2.3.3.3. Windowed thresholding
- •2.3.4. Region-Based Methods for Image Segmentation
- •2.3.4.1. Region growing
- •2.3.4.2. Watershed segmentation
- •2.4.1. Statistical Features
- •2.4.1.1. Geometric descriptors
- •2.4.1.2. Texture features
- •2.4.1.3. Invariant moments
- •2.4.2. Data Transformations
- •2.4.2.1. Fourier descriptors
- •2.4.2.2. Principal component analysis (PCA)
- •2.4.3. Multiscale Features
- •2.4.3.1. Wavelet transform
- •2.4.3.2. Scale-space methods for feature extraction
- •2.5. Summary
- •References
- •3.1.1. EBM Process
- •3.1.2. Evidence-Based Medical Issues
- •3.1.3. Value-Based Evidence
- •3.2.1. Economic Evaluation
- •3.2.2. Decision Analysis Method
- •3.2.3. Advantages of Decision Analysis
- •3.2.4. Perspective in Decision Analysis
- •3.2.5. Decision Tree in Decision Analysis
- •3.3. Use of Information Technologies for Diagnosis in Ophthalmology
- •3.3.1. Data Mining in Ophthalmology
- •3.3.2. Graphical User Interface
- •3.4. Role of Computational System in Curing Disease of an Eye
- •3.4.1. Computational Decision Support System: Diabetic Retinopathy
- •3.4.1.1. Wavelet-based neural network23
- •3.4.1.2. Content-based image retrieval
- •3.4.2. Computational Decision Support System: Cataracts
- •3.4.2.2. K nearest neighbors
- •3.4.2.3. GUI of the system
- •3.4.3. Computational Decision Support System: Glaucoma
- •3.4.3.1. Using fuzzy logic
- •3.4.4. Computational Decision Support System: Blepharitis, Rosacea, Sjögren, and Dry Eyes
- •3.4.4.1. Utility of bleb imaging with anterior segment OCT in clinical decision making
- •3.4.4.2. Computational decision support system: RD
- •3.4.4.3. Role of computational system
- •3.4.5. Computational Decision Support System: Amblyopia
- •3.4.5.1. Role of computational decision support system in amblyopia
- •3.5. Conclusion
- •References
- •4.1. Introduction to Oxygen in the Retina
- •4.1.1. Microelectrode Methods
- •4.1.2. Phosphorescence Dye Method
- •4.1.3. Spectrographic Method
- •4.1.6. HSI Method
- •4.2. Experiment One
- •4.2.1. Methods and Materials
- •4.2.1.1. Animals
- •4.2.1.2. Systemic oxygen saturation
- •4.2.1.3. Intraocular pressure
- •4.2.1.4. Fundus camera
- •4.2.1.5. Hyperspectral imaging
- •4.2.1.6. Extraction of spectral curves
- •4.2.1.7. Mapping relative oxygen saturation
- •4.2.1.8. Relative saturation indices (RSIs)
- •4.2.2. Results
- •4.2.2.1. Spectral signatures
- •4.2.2.2. Oxygen breathing
- •4.2.2.3. Intraocular pressure
- •4.2.2.4. Responses to oxygen breathing
- •4.2.2.5. Responses to high IOP
- •4.2.3. Discussion
- •4.2.3.1. Pure oxygen breathing experiment
- •4.2.3.2. IOP perturbation experiment
- •4.2.3.3. Hyperspectral imaging
- •4.3. Experiment Two
- •4.3.1. Methods and Materials
- •4.3.1.1. Animals, anesthesia, blood pressure, and IOP perturbation
- •4.3.1.3. Spectral determinant of percentage oxygen saturation
- •4.3.1.5. Preparation and calibration of red blood cell suspensions
- •4.3.2. Results
- •4.3.2.2. Oxygen saturation of the ONH
- •4.3.3. Discussion
- •4.3.4. Conclusions
- •4.4. Experiment Three
- •4.4.1. Methods and Materials
- •4.4.1.1. Compliance testing
- •4.4.1.2. Hyperspectral imaging
- •4.4.1.3. Selection of ONH structures
- •4.4.1.4. Statistical methods
- •4.4.2. Results
- •4.4.2.1. Compliance testing
- •4.4.2.2. Blood spectra from ONH structures
- •4.4.2.3. Oxygen saturation of ONH structures
- •4.4.2.4. Oxygen saturation maps
- •4.4.3. Discussion
- •4.5. Experiment Four
- •4.5.1. Methods and Materials
- •4.5.2. Results
- •4.5.3. Discussion
- •4.6. Experiment Five
- •4.6.1. Methods and Materials
- •4.6.1.3. Automatic control point detection
- •4.6.1.4. Fused image optimization
- •4.7. Conclusion
- •References
- •5.1. Introduction to Thermography
- •5.2. Data Acquisition
- •5.3. Methods
- •5.3.1. Snake and GVF
- •5.3.2. Target Tracing Function and Genetic Algorithm
- •5.3.3. Locating Cornea
- •5.4. Results
- •5.5. Discussion
- •5.6. Conclusion
- •References
- •6.1. Introduction to Glaucoma
- •6.1.1. Glaucoma Types
- •6.1.1.1. Primary open-angle glaucoma
- •6.1.1.2. Angle-closure glaucoma
- •6.1.2. Diagnosis of Glaucoma
- •6.2. Materials and Methods
- •6.2.1. c/d Ratio
- •6.2.2. Measuring the Area of Blood Vessels
- •6.2.3. Measuring the ISNT Ratio
- •6.3. Results
- •6.4. Discussion
- •6.5. Conclusion
- •References
- •7.1. Introduction to Temperature Distribution
- •7.3. Mathematical Model
- •7.3.1. The Human Eye
- •7.3.2. The Eye Tumor
- •7.3.3. Governing Equations
- •7.3.4. Boundary Conditions
- •7.4. Material Properties
- •7.5. Numerical Scheme
- •7.5.1. Integro-Differential Equations
- •7.6. Results
- •7.6.1. Numerical Model
- •7.6.2. Case 1
- •7.6.3. Case 2
- •7.6.4. Discussion
- •7.7. Parametric Optimization
- •7.7.1. Analysis of Variance
- •7.7.2. Taguchi Method
- •7.7.3. Discussion
- •7.8. Concluding Remarks
- •References
- •8.1. Introduction to IR Thermography
- •8.2. Infrared Thermography and the Measured OST
- •8.3. The Acquisition of OST
- •8.3.1. Manual Measures
- •8.3.2. Semi-Automated and Fully Automated
- •8.4. Applications to Ocular Studies
- •8.4.1. On Ocular Physiologies
- •8.4.2. On Ocular Diseases and Surgery
- •8.5. Discussion
- •References
- •9.1. Introduction
- •9.1.1. Preprocessing
- •9.1.1.1. Shade correction
- •9.1.1.2. Hough transform
- •9.1.1.3. Top-hat transform
- •9.1.2. Image Segmentation
- •9.1.2.1. The region approach
- •9.1.2.2. The gradient-based method
- •9.1.2.3. Edge detection
- •9.1.2.3.2. The second-order derivative methods
- •9.1.2.3.3. The optimal edge detector
- •9.2. Image Registration
- •9.4. Automated, Integrated Image Analysis Systems
- •9.5. Conclusion
- •References
- •10.1. Introduction to Diabetic Retinopathy
- •10.2. Data Acquisition
- •10.3. Feature Extraction
- •10.3.1. Blood Vessel Detection
- •10.3.2. Exudates Detection
- •10.3.3. Hemorrhages Detection
- •10.3.4. Contrast
- •10.4.1. Backpropagation Algorithm
- •10.5. Results
- •10.6. Discussion
- •10.7. Conclusion
- •References
- •11.1. Related Studies
- •11.2.1. Encryption
- •11.3. Compression Technique
- •11.3.1. Huffman Coding
- •11.4. Error Control Coding
- •11.4.1. Hamming Codes
- •11.4.2. BCH Codes
- •11.4.3. Convolutional Codes
- •11.4.4. RS Codes14
- •11.4.5. Turbo Codes14
- •11.5. Results
- •11.5.1. Using Turbo Codes for Transmission of Retinal Fundus Image
- •11.6. Discussion
- •11.7. Conclusion
- •References
- •12.1. Introduction to Laser-Thermokeratoplasty (LTKP)
- •12.2. Characteristics of LTKP
- •12.3. Pulsed Laser
- •12.4. Continuous-Wave Laser
- •12.5. Mathematical Model
- •12.5.1. Model Description
- •12.5.2. Governing Equations
- •12.5.3. Initial-Boundary Conditions
- •12.6. Numerical Scheme
- •12.6.1. Integro-Differential Equation
- •12.7. Results
- •12.7.1. Pulsed Laser
- •12.7.2. Continuous-Wave Laser
- •12.7.3. Thermal Damage Assessment
- •12.8. Discussion
- •12.9. Concluding Remarks
- •References
- •13.1. Introduction to Optical Eye Modeling
- •13.1.1. Ocular Measurements for Optical Eye Modeling
- •13.1.1.1. Curvature, dimension, thickness, or distance parameters of ocular elements
- •13.1.1.2. Three-dimensional (3D) corneal topography
- •13.1.1.3. Crystalline lens parameters
- •13.1.1.4. Refractive index
- •13.1.1.5. Wavefront aberration
- •13.1.2. Eye Modeling Using Contemporary Optical Design Software
- •13.1.3. Optical Optimization and Merit Function
- •13.2. Personalized and Population-Based Eye Modeling
- •13.2.1. Customized Eye Modeling
- •13.2.1.1. Optimization to the refractive error
- •13.2.1.2. Optimization to the wavefront measurement
- •13.2.1.3. Tolerance analysis
- •13.2.2. Population-Based Eye Modeling
- •13.2.2.1. Accommodative eye modeling
- •13.2.2.2. Ametropic eye modeling
- •13.2.2.3. Modeling with consideration of ocular growth and aging
- •13.2.2.4. Modeling for disease development
- •13.2.3. Validation of Eye Models
- •13.2.3.1. Point spread function and modulation transfer function
- •13.2.3.2. Letter chart simulation
- •13.2.3.3. Night/day vision simulation
- •13.3. Other Modeling Considerations
- •13.3.1. Stiles Crawford Effect (SCE)
- •13.3.1.2. Other retinal properties
- •13.3.1.4. Optical opacity
- •13.4. Examples of Ophthalmic Simulations
- •13.4.1. Simulation of Retinoscopy Measurements with Eye Models
- •13.4.2. Simulation of PR
- •13.5. Conclusion
- •References
- •14.1. Network Infrastructure
- •14.1.1. System Requirements
- •14.1.2. Network Architecture Design
- •14.1.4. GUI Design
- •14.1.5. Performance Evaluation of the Network
- •14.2. Image Analysis
- •14.2.1. Vascular Tree Segmentation
- •14.2.2. Quality Assessment
- •14.2.3. ON Detection
- •14.2.4. Macula Localization
- •14.2.5. Lesion Segmentation
- •14.2.7. Patient Demographics and Statistical Outcomes
- •14.2.8. Disease State Assessment
- •14.2.9. Image QA
- •Acknowledgments
- •References
- •Index
Temperature Changes Inside the Human Eye During LTKP
Fig. 12.2. Distribution of the Gaussian laser beam.
12.5.3. Initial-Boundary Conditions
Boundary conditions are specified on both the surfaces of the cornea, C1, and on the sclera, C2. Laser radiation during LTKP is assumed to produce no significant effect on the heat transfer between the environment and the corneal surface. Similarly, heat transfer between the blood flow and the eye is assumed not to be affected by the treatment of LTKP.
On the exterior surface of the cornea, C1, heat is transferred to the environment via convection and radiation. Cooling is aided by the evaporation of tears from the tear film on top of the corneal surface. Mathematically, this condition is given as:
−κ1 |
∂T1 |
= hamb(T1 − Tamb) + εσ(T14 |
− Tamb4 |
) + Evap, |
∂n |
||||
|
|
on C1 |
and |
for t > 0, (12.6) |
where the first, second, and last term on the right-hand side refer to the heat loss due to convection, radiation, and tear evaporation, respectively, hamb is the ambient convection coefficient, Tamb is the ambient temperature, ε is the corneal emissivity, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, Evap is the heat loss due to tear evaporation, and ∂T1/∂n is the rate of change of T1 in the outward unit vector normal to the external corneal surface C1.
On the exterior surface of the sclera, C2, heat from blood flow across the sclera enters the eye and diffuses via conduction to the corneal surface.
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Table 12.2. Values of the various control parameters.
Parameter |
Value |
|
|
Ambient temperature, Tamb (◦C) |
25 |
Ambient convection coefficient, hamb (Wm−2K−1) |
10 |
Blood temperature, Tbl (◦C) |
37 |
Blood convection coefficient, hbl (Wm−2K−1) |
65 |
Heat loss due to tears evaporation, Evap (Wm−2) |
40 |
Emissivity of the cornea surface, ε |
0.97 |
Stefan-Boltzmann constant, σ (Wm−2K−4) |
5.67 × 10−8 |
Thus, we may write |
|
|
|
|
∂T6 |
= hbl(T6 |
− Tbl), |
|
|
−κ6 ∂n |
on C2 and for t > 0, |
(12.7) |
||
where hbl is the blood convection coefficient, Tbl is the blood temperature, and ∂T6/∂n denotes the rate of change of T6 in the outward unit vector normal to the external corneal surface, C2. Values of the parameters used in Eqs. (12.6) and (12.7) are the same as those employed by Ooi et al.23 and are summarized in Table 12.2.
The variation of the temperature and heat flux at the interfaces between two contiguous ocular regions, Iij , may be described using the continuity
condition, which is mathematically given as: |
|
|
|
|
||
Ti = Tj and κi |
∂Ti |
= κj |
∂Tj |
, |
on Iij , |
(12.8) |
|
|
|||||
∂n |
∂n |
|||||
where Ti and Tj are temperature of regions Ri and Rj , respectively, and ∂Ti/∂n and ∂Tj /∂n are the rate of change of Ti and Tj in the outward unit vector normal to the interface Iij . Since the problem in the present study is a transient one, an initial condition is required to complete the formulation of the problem. For this purpose, the temperature distribution inside the normal unexposed human eye during a steady state is obtained by solving the following:
(κi Ti(r, z)) = 0, for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. |
(12.9) |
The result is subjected to Eqs. (12.6) to (12.8), as an initial, specified condition.
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