Accurate corneal thickness measurement using ultrasound

Peijie Cao; WoHsing Chen; Neel Karkhanis; K. Kirk Shung

doi:10.1117/12.462183

11 April 2002 Accurate corneal thickness measurement using ultrasound

Peijie Cao, WoHsing Chen, Neel Karkhanis, K. Kirk Shung

Proceedings Volume 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462183
Event: Medical Imaging 2002, 2002, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this study, we developed a faster and more accurate method for the detection of corneal thickness using an ultrasonic pulse-echo method. After a ultrasound pulse was transmitted to the cornea, the echo was received in radio frequency. The corneal thickness was calculated from the time interval between the two echoes reflected at front and rear interfaces of the cornea. The time interval between two echoes was obtained by detecting the peaks of the digitized echoes. A phase-adjusting method, which is superior to the often-used interpolation approach, was used to improve the time resolution. Based on this method, a MCS-8031 microprocessor based pachymeter for measuring corneal thickness was developed. The center frequency of the ultrasonic transducer works was 30MHz and the echoes were digitized at a 180MHz sampling frequency. The device showed an accuracy of 1 micrometers for 10 repeated measurements.

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Peijie Cao, WoHsing Chen, Neel Karkhanis, and K. Kirk Shung "Accurate corneal thickness measurement using ultrasound", Proc. SPIE 4687, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, (11 April 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462183

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