Unified Eye Disease Progression Display for Glaucoma Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing glaucoma progression in patients separate structural and functional measurements, making it difficult and time-consuming to compare and assess the progression of the disease using different systems, such as OCT and visual field exams, without an integrated view.
Innovation Solution
A method to display combined structural and functional disease progression information of a patient's eye by receiving and generating a single viewport that includes side-by-side displays of structural and functional metrics over a common time scale, allowing for efficient comparison and assessment of both types of measurements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If structural and functional measurements are displayed separately on different systems, then each measurement type can be analyzed independently, but it becomes difficult and time-consuming to compare and assess disease progression using both types of measurements together
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines structural measurements (OCT) and functional measurements (visual field exams) into a single integrated display interface. This merging allows clinicians to view both types of progression information simultaneously on one screen, eliminating the need to switch between separate systems and enabling direct comparison of structural and functional changes over time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate systems are used for structural and functional measurements, then comprehensive data can be collected, but the complexity of accessing and comparing data from different systems increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is designed to universally handle both structural OCT data and functional visual field data within a single interface. This multi-functional capability allows the system to adapt to different measurement types and present them in a unified format, reducing the complexity of accessing and comparing data from what would otherwise require separate specialized systems.
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AI summary
Various methods of displaying combined structural and functional disease progression information of a patient's eye are described. In one exemplary method, a set of structural measurements of the patient's eye is received. The set of structural measurements are taken at a plurality of testing dates. A set of functional measurements of the patient's eye is received. The set of functional measurements are taken at a plurality of testing dates. A single viewport comprising a side by side display of structural and functional measurements over a common time scale is generated, which is then displayed or the results of the generated viewport are stored. The structural and functional measurements are arranged in a chronological order of testing dates over the common time scale. Further, a structural and a functional measurement that have testing dates falling within a certain time period are placed in close proximity to each other for comparison purposes.