Title :
Deformation of yellow spot area by compulsory increase of eye pressure
Author :
Kimura, Yuichi ; Izumi, I. ; Kaneko, Makoto ; Ikuno, Y. ; Miki, A. ; Jo, Young-Sik ; Kiuchi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012
Abstract :
The deformation characteristics of yellow spot of retina under a compulsory eye pressure increase is discussed for both normal and glaucoma eyes. We impart the force corresponding to 50[mmHg] of eye pressure to eyelid through a contact probe with force gauge. We analyze the deformation of yellow spot area for three different layers. An interesting observation is that yellow spot suffered by glaucoma has thinner layer and smaller deformation than that of normal subjects, especially the characteristics is enhanced in both the surface and the bottom layers.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical optical imaging; deformation; diseases; eye; force measurement; optical tomography; vision defects; bottom layers; contact probe; deformation characteristics; eye pressure; eyelid; force gauge; glaucoma eyes; pressure 50 mm Hg; retina; surface layers; thinner layer; yellow spot area; Biomedical optical imaging; Force; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Pressing; Retina; Strain; Adult; Female; Glaucoma; Humans; Intraocular Pressure; Macula Lutea; Male; Middle Aged; Pressure; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Tomography, Optical Coherence;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4119-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346219
