A contribution for the development of fundus cameras / Uma contribuição ao projeto de retinógrafos digitais

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This work presents the methodology applied to the development of a digital fundus camera. The proposed system was entirely developed and manufactured in Brazil, becoming the first digital fundus camera with national technology. The described equipment can perform fundus images, which are images captured from eye fundus observation, and also angiograms, which are exams performed through the admission of dyes, where particular retinal structures are enhanced. Those procedures allow the diagnosis of several pathologies not only related to the eye fundus, but also many different structures of the human eye, like the choroid. This dissertation shows some of the challenges and methods that were applied to the development of the proposed system, in addition to an overview of each of the systems that composes the equipment. The mechanical, optical, electronic and software systems are described, being each one of them detailed regarding its main features performed in the equipment. Development tools used during the design are also described. Still, the functional and performance tests and results are described, and also a comparative evaluation between the proposed system and some of the equipments currently defined as reference among physicians and users.

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medical equipments fundus camera retinografia retinógrafo equipamentos médicos retina fundus imaging retina

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