Patent ID: 6523954
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A61B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
A method for mass screening of patient's for ocular disease and abnormalities at locations remote from skilled analyzers trained to interpret eye images, comprising:providing a remote site with a photoscreening device for generating a corneal reflection from a patient's eye and a device for recording images; acquiring an image of at least one of the patient's eyes including the corneal reflection; transmitting digital information corresponding to the acquired image to a central data facility; selecting an image analyzer for evaluating the image of the patient's eye; transmitting digital information to the image analyzer corresponding to at least one digital image of the patient's eye; generating a diagnosis based on the digital image of the patient's eye; sending the diagnosis to the central data facility; and providing the patient with recommendation generated by the image analyzer.