EP1377202A1 - Procede et dispositif de reglage spatial de donnees relatives a un tissu, acquises par voie optique de maniere decalee dans le temps - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de reglage spatial de donnees relatives a un tissu, acquises par voie optique de maniere decalee dans le temps

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EP1377202A1
EP1377202A1 EP02735243A EP02735243A EP1377202A1 EP 1377202 A1 EP1377202 A1 EP 1377202A1 EP 02735243 A EP02735243 A EP 02735243A EP 02735243 A EP02735243 A EP 02735243A EP 1377202 A1 EP1377202 A1 EP 1377202A1
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Stephan SCHRÜNDER
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
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    • A61F2009/00844—Feedback systems
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    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
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    • A61F2009/00861—Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser adapted for treatment at a particular location
    • A61F2009/00872—Cornea

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for comparing, so-called registering, tissue data, in particular an eye, which is optically offset in time.
  • tissue data in particular images of a tissue surface
  • the comparison of tissue data requires precise knowledge of the position of the tissue at the respective times of the tissue data surveys.
  • the position which changes due to the movement of the object, can be tracked with so-called trackers.
  • eye movements have been at the center of scientific and clinical interest for some time, as they include indicate neurological diseases.
  • a first method for measuring eye movements was practiced in the middle of the 19th century. With this method, a test person has to fix the center of a rod-shaped light source. After switching off the light source, this test person perceives an afterimage on the retina. The test subject was then instructed to fix various points on a wall. A helper attaches a rotatable rod in such a way that it coincides with the afterimage. The torsional deviation of the afterimage that can be determined in this way as a function of the bending direction can be further analyzed.
  • DA Robinson developed the so-called "search coil” method in Baltimore, known in German as magnetic oculography. This method allows eye movements to be recorded with high resolution. Very thin wires are wound into coils, cast in silicone and placed on the eye like contact lenses. The patient's head is located in a frame in which a magnetic field is generated by coils. The movement of the eye in the magnetic field induces a current in the coils, which is measured and represents the corresponding eye movement.
  • Another method is electro-oculography.
  • the uniformly oriented rods and suppositories of the eye generate an electric field, which is dissipated by electrodes glued close to the eye.
  • the directional field changes with the eye movement.
  • the different reflection and absorption properties of the surface of the eye are used in infrared oculography.
  • the reflection at the interfaces is determined by irradiation with, for example, infrared diodes.
  • the direction of the eye can be deduced from the distribution in the Purkinje images thus obtained.
  • this procedure requires a very detailed model of the various interfaces and optical systems in mind.
  • This process is also called registering.
  • the above-mentioned methods have in common that their measuring accuracy is not sufficient for a highly precise adaptation of eye movements to record the surface shape. In particular, tilting of the eye is not easy to understand.
  • the measuring accuracy of less than 50 ⁇ m is sufficient to direct individual laser pulses sufficiently well for a surface treatment on the cornea.
  • deviations from the existing methods of more than 10 ⁇ m are unacceptable for the precise, repeated measurement of the surface between the application of laser pulses.
  • the advantages of the invention can be seen in particular in the fact that changes in the position of the tissue or organ to be measured or the tissue surface can be determined in the three-dimensional space between two detection processes by means of the method or the device according to the invention.
  • the position coordinates of the In relation to the surface, structures that have been fixed in position are calculated at least twice at intervals (an appropriate electronic memory being used at least for the first measurement data or values calculated therefrom).
  • the essence of the invention is that the position coordinates are recorded or calculated spatially, that is, in the x, y and z directions. So far, position coordinates have only been optically recorded in two dimensions, ie in the x and y directions, so that tilting of the tissue surface could not be adequately detected.
  • the period between the determination of the first or second position coordinates of the marked structures and the determination of the first or second surface coordinates or tissue data is so short that no changes in the position of the tissue and thus the marked structures occur in the meantime.
  • the position measurements and the associated tissue data surveys are therefore preferably carried out simultaneously.
  • the method allows time-staggered images of the tissue surface to be compared with one another in order to correct movements of the tissue between the measurements.
  • the tissue data measured at different times are matched to one another by means of a computer in such a way that movement artifacts can be compensated for.
  • changes in shape of the surface - for example due to an induced material removal - that have occurred between the positional determinations can be recorded and controlled by means of a difference.
  • the z coordinates of the marked structures are determined by irradiating the marked structures and expediently the entire tissue surface with a pattern which is observed or detected at a different angle with respect to the direction of radiation.
  • the irradiation / detection therefore takes place at a triangulation angle.
  • the position measurements of the marked structures are carried out with the aid of at least two detection devices, the detection directions being different from one another.
  • the detection directions being different from one another.
  • at least two images of the marked structures are obtained at the same time, which are correlated with one another in order to obtain the position coordinates of the marked structures in the x, y and z directions.
  • the method according to the invention requires a measurement method for rapid tissue data collection.
  • This method can e.g. a so-called strip projection method, with which the measurement of a surface shape of the tissue is possible, or a wavefront measurement method (wavefront aberration, see for example US5, 777,719) or another measurement method - for example based on ultrasound measurements.
  • the tissue data must be available as a three-dimensional data set.
  • the invention then makes it possible to optically record the difference in position of the surface occurring between two points in time due to unavoidable movements and to compensate it computationally in such a way that subtraction of the measurements at the two points in time enables a statement to be made about the change in shape, taking into account that Change of position may have occurred.
  • the method or the device is suitable, for example, for detecting the change in position of the eye during laser treatment of the cornea. This is necessary in order to arrange individual surface measurements, on the basis of which the course of the treatment is to be checked, in the correct position relative to one another. In this way, the laser can be removed via a Difference formation of the areas corrected in relation to one another in their respective positions can be determined.
  • the position detection is therefore preferably carried out simultaneously with the surface measurement with the aim of being able to subtract the results of the individual measurements from one another in order to determine the actual laser removal.
  • a diagnostic measurement for example the known wavefront aberration method
  • a sample projection method as an example of a topography measurement method is adjusted during the treatment, for example to control and focus or adjust a laser for the treatment according to the treatment requirement with a control unit.
  • the first and the second tissue data collection can accordingly be carried out by means of different measuring principles, whereby these measuring principles can be different from that or those for the position measurement of the marked structures.
  • DE 199 50 791 A1 A similar method for the case of eye measurement with diagnosis of eye defects, the creation of a treatment pattern and subsequent corneal treatment is described in DE 199 50 791 A1, the disclosure content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the “determination of refractive features” mentioned there corresponds to the tissue data collection.
  • DE 199 50 791 A1 also describes that the corneal topography system, wave front aberration systems and ultrasound systems can be used, in particular to develop a refractive treatment process from this, which is then carried out with the aid of a control unit under the control of a treatment laser. It should be explicitly mentioned here that this is also possible and preferred with the method according to the invention or the device according to the invention.
  • a disadvantage of the known method is in particular that only two-dimensional images are used, while in the method and the device according to the invention the coordinates in the x, y and z directions are calculated from two-dimensional images.
  • the first tissue data collection can - after what has been said - be, for example, a diagnostic measurement or a measurement before or during the treatment of the tissue.
  • the second, temporally subsequent tissue data collection is then, for example, a measurement before, during or after the tissue treatment, the latter preferably for control purposes over the treatment result achieved.
  • the laser which is used to measure the tissue data or, in the case of eye measurement, the refractive features and to measure the position of the excellent structures for the spatial comparison of the different recordings, is preferably the same as a laser used for laser treatment of the surface.
  • the radiation source is designed with regard to intensity, pulse duration, repetition rate and wavelength of the excitation radiation for the operative treatment of the biological tissue, such as, for example, the removal of areas of a cornea.
  • An intensity attenuator or a beam expander between the at least one radiation source and the biological tissue can be expedient for insertion and removal from the beam path of the excitation radiation.
  • at least three markings or excellent structures are required in order to detect a change in the position of the surface.
  • a triangle is spanned in space from these markings.
  • the normal through the center of this triangle is changed when the position changes.
  • the two triangles are then converted into one another by arithmetically superimposing the normals and successively rotating them around the normals and moving them along the normals.
  • the necessary displacements in space apply equally to the entire surface, so that they too can be transferred into one another.
  • the respective tissue data surveys and position measurements are each carried out at the same times. This ensures that there are no changes in the position of the tissue between position measurement and tissue data collection, so that the data records of the at least two tissue data collections can be compared precisely by comparing the position coordinates of the marked structures.
  • the first - position determination of the structures is used, for example those based on the known one and mostly used for diagnostic purposes wavefront aberration procedures or based on ultrasound technology (see above).
  • An advantageous possibility for carrying out the above-mentioned projection method is that an excitation radiation which stimulates fluorescence is projected onto the excellent structures to be measured in the form of an irradiation pattern.
  • the means for generating the radiation pattern preferably comprise a mask with openings in the form of preferably parallel slots or regularly arranged holes. The mask is placed between the radiation source and the tissue.
  • the marked structures are preferably excited to emit a fluorescence pattern, this fluorescence pattern corresponding at least to a section of the radiation pattern.
  • the fluorescence pattern can then be detected in order to calculate the position of the marked structures and thus to compare the tissue data sets of the first and the second data collection.
  • tissue data records are also recorded simultaneously by means of the stripe projection method.
  • a surface measurement is described in DE-PS-198 37 932.3, the disclosure content of which is hereby included.
  • the effective wavelength of the excitation radiation for generating a fluorescence pattern emitted directly from the tissue is essentially in the ultraviolet wavelength range.
  • the use of UV light has the great advantage that it can be used to make the cornea artificially visible. Visible or infrared light would pass through the cornea pass through, so that then only images of the iris lying in the eye could be obtained.
  • the cornea - and not internal eye tissue - is to be corrected by laser ablation, for example, no position coordinates of excellent structures in the area of the cornea can be obtained by means of visible or infrared light.
  • the at least one radiation source is preferably designed as a laser, preferably as a frequency-multiplied solid-state laser, excimer laser, gas laser or frequency-multiplied dye laser, or as a flash lamp, preferably filled with a xenon or a deuterium gas mixture.
  • a wavelength range in the UV also lends itself if a fluorescence pattern is generated on the basis of a fluorescent dye applied to the outside of or into the tissue.
  • different determination methods are advantageously used to determine the position coordinates.
  • the two-dimensional measurement in the x and y directions corresponds to a recording according to the prior art, for example using a CCD or CMOS camera.
  • the measurement in the z-direction is carried out by perspective observation or detection of the stripes (the change in stripe brightness can be used for the excellent structures).
  • drops of a fluorescent liquid are applied to the tissue at various points, for example. It must be ensured that the liquid remains stationary on the tissue, for example by pressing the liquid in the outermost tissue surface can be reached.
  • the applied fluorescent material is excited to emit fluorescent radiation, so that its location - corresponding to the x and y coordinates - can be determined with a camera based on the difference in brightness of the foreign material compared to the surrounding tissue areas.
  • the recording of the fluorescence pattern emitted on the basis of the irradiated projection pattern which can also be seen on the manipulated tissue area, provides information about the position of this area in the z direction and, in particular, about tilting of the tissue.
  • the tissue is tilted in relation to a first position measurement of this tissue area (and in relation to a first surface measurement of the tissue surface)
  • the stripes on the tissue surface and thus also on the manipulated tissue area either move closer together during perspective observation - ie with triangulation - by the recording camera or have a larger distance from the first measurement.
  • the z component of the manipulated tissue area can be extracted from this information. It goes without saying that these tissue areas must be chosen so large that the pattern can be projected onto them in a recognizable manner.
  • those of natural origin can be used as excellent structures.
  • veins, pigments and local unevenness run close to the tissue surface.
  • hair can also be used on the surface of the tissue, but should then not move if possible.
  • fluorescence properties of the excellent structures are used to determine the position coordinates, the possible number of excellent structures is reduced. Hair is then less suitable, for example.
  • excellent structures are created artificially. It is also possible for excellent structures of natural origin to be manipulated. Both of these procedures have the advantage that the user can set up or adapt the excellent structures according to their needs. If, for example, a corneal surface is to be measured before and after removal of a corneal layer, the excellent structures can be applied at a short distance outside the treatment area.
  • material in particular fluorescent material, is applied or pressed onto the tissue. This can then possibly penetrate the tissue so that it does not blur on the surface of the tissue.
  • At least one body can be applied to the tissue, which adheres to the surface of the tissue with extensive dimensional stability.
  • the body can advantageously contain a fluorescent dye.
  • the body is designed as a thin film, which preferably has a marked surface on the side facing a detection device, according to which the three-dimensional measurement is based.
  • a further possibility for producing the excellent structures is that the tissue is incised or irradiated with laser pulses, so that the structures produced in this way have a fluorescence which differs in brightness and / or frequency from the untreated tissue and / or can be recognized as a spatial tissue change are.
  • the measuring tissue is changed between the measurements, for example by laser ablation of the corneal layers of an eye, it is expedient to use or produce such excellent structures that are located outside of the treated sections of the tissue surface.
  • the marked structures are not influenced by the treatment, so that a comparison of the tissue data or surface coordinates before and after the treatment is possible due to the position coordinates of the marked structures, which may only have changed in spatial position.
  • a cut is made on an eye cornea in order to be able to fold down a corneal lamella.
  • a laser pulse can then be directed onto the underlying layer to remove a corneal layer in order to correct ametropia.
  • the marked structures are preferably selected or arranged in the area of the cut edge. It is advisable that the excellent structures are located outside of this lamella or are produced there.
  • a cutting edge as defined above is itself used as an excellent structure. It can be advantageous here if the cut surface is tilted relative to the direction of irradiation and observation in such a way that the strips on the cut surface can be easily observed.
  • the use of the cutting edge as an excellent structure has the advantage that no additional structures have to be searched for or created. This reduces the effort.
  • the eyelids are advantageously kept or opened by suitable holders in such a way that the eyelids do not cover or shift the excellent structures when the eye moves.
  • the device according to the invention can have at least one further radiation source and / or at least one device for dividing the incident or Have excitation radiation to oestras the biological tissue from at least two directions.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of an eye with a raised flap or lamella and excellent structures outside the cut edge
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of the eye according to FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic perspective view of an eye with a raised flap and excellent structures on the
  • FIG. 4 shows a top view of the eye according to FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic illustration of a cornea with a cut edge and artificially produced troughs
  • 6 shows a schematic illustration of a cornea with a cut edge and applied fluorescent markings
  • 7 shows a schematically illustrated first device for measuring the corneal surface and the position coordinates of excellent structures
  • FIG. 8 shows a schematically represented second device.
  • FIG. 1 to 4 schematically represent an eye, of which the cornea 1, the sclera 6 and the transition between the two, the so-called limbus 7, are shown.
  • a lamella or flap 5 is produced in the center of the cornea surface 1 of the eye by attaching a cut edge 2 with a knife that cuts parallel to the surface, a so-called microkeratome.
  • This lamella 5 is then raised over a circular surface of up to 10 mm in diameter and opened for the purpose of further treatment of the exposed corneal tissue 1a by means of a laser.
  • the inner corneal tissue 1a exposed in the process is then removed with a laser, which preferably emits pulses in the ultraviolet (UV) between 150 and 250 nm.
  • the measuring device with which this removal is to be detected preferably consists of a stripe projector with which a stripe pattern of UV light is projected onto the corneal surface 1, see FIG. 5 and 6.
  • the light source in the UV for the projection advantageously corresponds to the laser for the treatment of the corneal region 1a by ablation.
  • the tissue or the cornea 1 emits fluorescent light in the irradiated areas in the form of a fluorescence pattern 3 corresponding to the irradiation pattern, which is recorded with a camera in a detection direction different from the irradiation direction and evaluated with a computer, for example a PC.
  • the surface shape of the cornea 1 is then available as a data set with three-dimensional data. More details on this method, including various structures of the necessary radiation and detection devices, are described in DE-PS-198 37 932.3. In Fig. 7 the device just described is shown schematically.
  • the radiation source or the laser 10 radiates in the direction 11 a radiation pattern generated by a pattern generation device 9 (for example a slit mask) onto the cornea 1 of an eye 20.
  • the generated fluorescence pattern becomes larger in the direction 12, the angle ⁇ in the direction 11 0 ° includes, detected by the detection device 13 and evaluated by means of a computer unit 14.
  • the surface shape of the cornea 1 is obtained.
  • FIG. 7 (as in FIG. 8), for the sake of simplicity, focusing and possibly widening lens systems, beam deflection devices, filters, intensity attenuators, partially transparent mirrors etc. are not shown.
  • the removal of the cornea surface 1a takes place in several steps (for example, by a control of the laser 10 (not shown) by the computer unit 14 on the basis of a calculated refractive treatment plan), it is extremely desirable to check how successful the respective step has been.
  • the surface to be treated and the surface surrounding it are recorded after each treatment step. In order to align these recordings with one another in the correct position, intermittent movements of the eye must be taken into account. This process is called matching or registering the recordings.
  • excellent structures 4 are used, their position coordinates in three-dimensional space at suitable times by taking two-dimensional images of the excellent structures 4 - and corresponding intermediate storage of the images or equivalent data - and subsequent calculation of the x, y and z coordinates determined and used to compare the surface recordings or measurements. Due to the position detection of the excellent structures in three-dimensional space according to the invention, in particular tilting of the corneal surface, which cannot be detected in conventional measurements, can be taken into account. According to the exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1 and 2, three markings or excellent structures 4 with a small diameter are artificially applied to the cornea surface outside the exposed corneal tissue 1a. In the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4, three excellent structures 4 are also provided, this time on the cutting edge 2. This choice has the advantage that the structures 4 are very close to the treatment area without being affected by the treatment itself.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 Examples of how the excellent structures can be produced and how the adjustment can be carried out will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, in which only the cornea 1 without lamella or flap 5 is shown for the sake of clarity.
  • the surface 1 of the outermost cornea has been processed schematically with individual laser pulses of small diameter in such a way that - in the sense of the invention designated as excellent structures - local markings arise.
  • These structures can be recognized as small-area depressions 4a deep a few micrometers with a diameter of, for example, 500 ⁇ m in the three-dimensional measurement.
  • the troughs 4a are applied by the laser used for the treatment in the area outside the previously cut lamella in the regenerating epithelium before the actual operation.
  • the troughs 4a are attached to the cutting edge 2 of the lamella 5, which is closer to the laser treatment and therefore can be measured more reliably in its three-dimensional position, see FIG. 3 and 4.
  • the position coordinates of the excellent structures formed as troughs 4a in the corneal surface 1 are recorded with the aid of a camera. 7, this camera is the detection device 13.
  • the x and y coordinates of the troughs 4a can be found in a conventional manner by determining the brightness of the corresponding images.
  • the z- Coordinates are determined on the basis of the course of the fluorescence pattern 3 corresponding to the irradiated stripe pattern emitted by the trough structure.
  • the shape and the depth of the respective trough 4a influences the pattern course observed by the camera, from which the depth or the position of the trough 4a in question can then be determined in all three spatial directions and in particular in the z-direction - in which in FIG. 7 embodiment shown preferably with the help of the computer unit 14.
  • the determination of the position coordinates of the troughs 4a by measuring their position coordinates at two different times allows the spatial co-ordination of the surface coordinates that originate from two recordings of the corneal surface 1.
  • the surface 1 must not change in its position between the first (or second) position measurement and the first (or second) surface measurement. It is therefore appropriate to carry out the corresponding position and surface measurements at the same time and by means of the same method, preferably as described by means of the pattern or stripe projection method, in that the (stripe) pattern is projected onto both the surface of the skin 1 to be measured and the depressions 4a (see also Fig. 7).
  • Said adjustment is carried out with the aid of a computer, in the embodiment of FIG. 7 preferably by means of the computer unit 14, which in this case also serves as an adjustment device 14.
  • Structures can also be produced by means of laser pulses which are not necessarily designed as a trough 4a, but which have a fluorescence or color change in fluorescence compared to the untreated epithelium, so that these features enable spatial detection of these structures.
  • the marked structures are designed as clearly recognizable fluorescent markings 4b.
  • this is done locally on a small corneal area and stationary markings 4b with eye-compatible drops (eg fluorescein).
  • the markings 4b can be applied with a special homing marker, as is already used today in a modified version for the recognition of the folded corneal lamella. Sufficiently thin tips are pressed onto a kind of stamp pad that contains the marking color. The marker is then pressed onto the cornea at a suitable point under microscope observation. The color penetrates into the outermost layer of the epithelium and is deposited there. If necessary, excess paint that would make the mark 4b too large for reliable detection can be removed with a rinsing liquid.
  • the design of the tips should be based on a very thin pair of tweezers, which use a capillary force to draw in a certain amount of liquid. This liquid is released into contact with the cornea in the depression created by pressing the tip.
  • the marking 4b then preferably has a size of less than 500 ⁇ m in diameter. Different designs of the marker have peaks at different distances, which can be selected depending on the diameter of the lamella previously created.
  • the position coordinates of the fluorescent markings 4b are acquired analogously to the method described with reference to FIG. 5, for example by means of the arrangement according to FIG. 7.
  • the x and y coordinates are known from the respective images and the z coordinates again determined on the basis of the stripe course of the fluorescence pattern 3. If a detection device with a CCD or CMOS chip is used, the course of the strips over the marking should be clearly recognizable on account of a suitable dosage of the fluorescent dye and expediently not to be intact in order to avoid overexposure of the chip.
  • the strip width and the strip spacing are expediently smaller than the marked structures 4a, 4b themselves for the purpose of a sufficient resolution in both cases shown in FIGS.
  • 5 and 6 excellent structures 4a, 4b can be measured with a resolution of a few micrometers.
  • a large number of suitable patterns can be used, for example a grid whose intersection points are used for evaluation, perforated patterns, patterns of several concentric circular lines with lines starting radially from the center and arranged at the same angular distance, moire pattern consisting of two line patterns or other geometric patterns.
  • the three-dimensional shape of the cutting edge 2 itself can alternatively be used if it is sufficiently differentiable to enable the position to be measured. This is the case according to FIGS. 5 and 6, since the cutting edge 2 can be easily observed and the strips stand out well on it.
  • the freely accessible area of the cutting edge 2 must be completely recorded in three-dimensional space and then recognized again by suitable algorithms which, for example, determine the course of the curvature of the edge 2 in space.
  • an excellent structure consists of one or more bodies which are preferably attached to the cornea outside the lamella. These are preferably bodies made of a material that has good adhesion to the initially moist corneal surface 1, without the bodies themselves permanently changing their shape due to the absorption of moisture from the cornea.
  • an annular thin one Foil into consideration, which lies on the corneal surface 1 outside the lamella.
  • this film On its side facing the camera, this film has a marked surface which can be measured in a suitable manner in space using the respective method.
  • the film On its side facing the cornea, the film is advantageously made such that it lies as tightly as possible against the cornea so that it is not displaced by eye movements during the operation. This danger is avoided above all if the film is relatively thin, for example 20-50 ⁇ m thick. The film can be easily removed after the operation by rinsing vigorously with a liquid.
  • the radiation source 10 shown in FIG. 8, in which the radiation direction 11 includes an angle ⁇ with the detection direction 16 and an angle ⁇ 'with the detection direction 17, is used here only for illuminating the cornea 1.
  • the measurement of the optical imaging system of the eye or The various refractive eye sections can be carried out, for example, using a wavefront aberration system (not shown), preferably at the measurement times of the respectively assigned position measurements of the marked structures.
  • one radiation pattern (or also several - possibly from different directions) to be irradiated onto the cornea 1, with one or both detection devices 15, 18 for surface measurement using the fluorescence pattern detection described be used.
  • the two detection devices 15, 18 In addition to the detection of the position coordinates of the marked structures due to their mutually angular arrangement, they can also evaluate the fluorescence signals of the pattern emitted by the structures in order to have the position coordinates calculated by the computer unit 14. By means of the computer unit 14, the comparison of the surface measurements can expediently also be implemented.
  • detection by means of at least two detection devices according to FIG. 8, which detect the tissue surface and in particular the excellent structures from at least two directions, is not limited to the detection of externally applied structures such as the film described above.
  • the marked structures 4, 4a, 4b are expediently designed in such a way that they are well detected in the stripe projection or in general the pattern projection and their position in space can be reliably determined. Furthermore, the markings should expediently not change during the treatment, as a result of which they are fixed on regions on the edge or outside the microkeratome section. Otherwise such a change in position of the structures 4, 4a, 4b relative to the tissue would be misinterpreted as a tilt of the surface.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 four excellent structures 4a, 4b have been applied or generated. Using these four structures 4a, 4b, it is possible to detect a change in position of the corneal surface.
  • the four structures 4a, 4b span a quadrilateral in space, the normal of which runs through the center changes location when the position changes. With the help of a computer, the normals are superimposed, successively rotated around the normals and then moved along the normals until the two squares overlap.
  • the movements performed in the Three-dimensional space also applies to the entire surface, so that the surface coordinates of the at least two surface measurements can also be converted into one another.
  • the spatial coordinates of the excellent structures 4, 4a, 4b on the cornea or the tissue surface are required for a highly accurate detection of the change in position in three-dimensional space, which are known to represent the change in position and not theirs Change the position between the measurements relative to the surface itself.
  • These structures 4, 4a, 4b are preferably applied or selected before the measurements in the area of the surface that does not change between the measurements. It is essential that the structures are recorded not only in two dimensions, but also in three dimensions with their spatial coordinates. This opens up a three-dimensional structure recognition that goes beyond the usual two-dimensional pattern recognition, with which a change in position of the tissue surface can then be determined.
  • the two-dimensional pictorial detection of the tissue surface known in the prior art is only suitable for the highly precise determination of changes in position or position over time if the type of change in position or position of the tissue surface is known a priori would.
  • This could be knowledge of the position and orientation of axes of rotation or points of rotation, for example, or the certainty that only a lateral displacement occurs.
  • this is not the case with moving tissues.
  • the coordinates of the excellent structures in the area of the surface in all three spatial directions are therefore used according to the invention, which are known to represent the position of the tissue surface and not, for example, their position relative to the surface itself between the measurements change.
  • the invention can of course also be used in the measurement and treatment of corneal surfaces in which no corneal lamella is lifted off in the form of a flap.
  • the method according to the invention can in principle be used for a large number of objects, in particular for tissue surfaces of the most varied types.
  • the description using the cornea is only an example.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif permettant de régler, ici désigné enregistrer, des données relatives à un tissu, acquises par voie optique de manière décalée dans le temps, notamment d'un oeil. Selon ce procédé, au moins lors d'une première et d'une seconde acquisition de données relatives à un tissu, on réalise une première ou une seconde mesure optique de position en détectant des coordonnées de position de structures (4; 4a; 4b) qui sont marquées dans une zone d'une surface de tissu externe (1) et qui sont sensiblement fixes par rapport à cette surface (1), de façon qu'aucun changement de position important des structures marquées (4; 4a; 4b) ne survienne entre l'acquisition respective de données relatives à un tissu et la mesure de position associée et de façon que les ensembles de données obtenus à partir desdites au moins deux acquisitions de données relatives à un tissu puisse être réglés spatialement les uns par rapport aux autres, par réglage des coordonnées de position desdites structures marquées (4; 4a; 4b), obtenues à partir de la première et seconde mesures de position. Cette invention est caractérisée en ce que les structures marquées (4; 4a; 4b) sont détectées sous forme d'images (planes) et que les coordonnées de position des structures marquées (4; 4a; 4b) dans les trois directions dans l'espace sont calculées à partir de ces images. La présente invention concerne également des dispositifs correspondants.
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