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1: Biomed Sci Instrum. 1997;33:354-9.Links

Digital integrated retinal surgical laser system.

Barrett SF, Wright CH, Oberg ED, Rockwell BA, Cain C, Rylander HG 3rd, Welch AJ.

Department of Electrical Engineering, USAF Academy, CO 80840, USA.

The year is 2001--ophthalmic retinal surgery is now fully computer assisted. Patients arriving for scheduled treatments of diabetic retinopathy, retinal tears, or macular degeneration have their retina digitally mapped by a technician. From the retinal map, the ophthalmologist plots therapeutic lesion sites with a light pen on the computer screen that will automatically be placed by a computer controlled argon laser. The treatment only requires 100 ms per lesion placement thus reducing office calls to approximately 45 minutes freeing the ophthalmologist for other pressing cases. This paper reports on the development of a clinically significant prototype system that will help bring this scenario to fruition.

PMID: 9731385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]