Patent ID: 7048690

Claim:
A method of producing for visual display a representation of the geometry or the topography, or both the geometry and topography of a portion of the eye of a subject which representation is based on data generated by an ultrasound scan of the optical components of the eye, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a very high-frequency ultrasound scanning apparatus that includes a programmed computer and ancillary data storage device; b. positioning the subject's eye relative to the apparatus for scanning; c. scanning the subject's eye to thereby generate data representative of a plurality of angularly-spaced meridional sections taken across the entire coronal plane of the anterior surface of the eye; d. collecting and storing the data obtained in step (c) in the ancillary data storage device; e. processing the coronal scan data; and f. generating for visual display a representation of a portion of the geometry or topography, or both the geometry and topography of a portion of the subject's eye.