US20070129775A1 - System and method for generating treatment patterns - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to retinal photocoagulation, and more particularly to a system and method for patterned optical ophthalmic treatment.
- conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration are subject to photocoagulative treatment with visible laser light. While this type of visible laser light treatment halts the progress of the underlying disease, it can be problematic. For example, because the treatment entails exposing the eye to visible laser light for a long period of time (typically on the order of 100 ms), damage can be caused to the patient's sensory retina from the heat that is generated. During the treatment, heat is generated predominantly in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), which is the melanin-containing layer of the retina directly beneath the photoreceptors of the sensory retina. Although light is absorbed in the RPE, this type of treatment irreversibly damages the overlying sensory retina and negatively affects the patient's vision.
- RPE retinal pigmented epithelium
- a photomedical system for treating target tissue includes a light source for generating a beam of light, a scanner assembly for translating the beam to form a pattern of spots of the light, a focusing element for focusing the pattern of spots on the target tissue, a controller for controlling the scanner assembly, and a graphic user interface connected to the controller that includes a display for displaying a configuration of the pattern of spots and for displaying a plurality of different pattern configurations to choose from for the pattern of spots in response to an activation of the display.
- a method of treating target tissue includes selecting a pattern of spots from a plurality of different pattern configurations displayed on a display of a graphic user interface by activating the display, generating a beam of light, translating the beam to form the selected pattern of spots of the light, and focusing the pattern of spots of the light on the target tissue.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the scanning coagulation system.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a pattern P of a single spot.
- FIGS. 3A-3G are diagrams of symmetrical patterns P of spots.
- FIGS. 5A-5B are diagrams of patterns P of spots with fully enclosed exclusion zones.
- FIGS. 6A-6B are diagrams of patterns P of spots with partially open exclusion zones.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram of a circular pattern P of spots having a generally uniform spot density.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the scanning order of a pattern P of spots with adjacent spots scanned consecutively.
- FIG. 9C is a diagram illustrating the pattern P of spots resulting from the combination of patterns in FIGS. 9A and 9B .
- FIGS. 10A-10B are diagrams of a pattern P of spots with adjacent spots having different sizes.
- FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams illustrating two different scanning orders of a round pattern P of spots.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating two different scanning orders of a wedge shaped pattern P of spots.
- FIGS. 13A and 13D are diagrams illustrating four separately scanned sub-patterns that together form scanned pattern P.
- FIGS. 14A-14D are diagrams illustrating aiming patterns that either enclose the area in which the treatment pattern P of spots of will be positioned or identify the center and outer extent of the treatment pattern P.
- FIGS. 15A-15D are diagrams illustrating aiming patterns that either enclose the area in which the treatment pattern P of spots of will be positioned or identify the center and outer extent of the treatment pattern P.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating automatic generation of arc patterns.
- FIG. 17 is a front view of a graphic user interface screen for operating the photocoagulation system.
- FIG. 1 depicts an ophthalmic slit lamp based scanning photocoagulator 1 , which is a non-limiting example of a photocoagulation system for creating and projecting aiming and/or treatment patterns of spots onto a patient's retina R.
- System 1 includes a light source assembly 2 and a slit lamp assembly 3 .
- Optical fibers 24 a - 24 d Adjacent to the optical fibers 24 a - 24 d are beam dumps 38 , 40 , which provide convenient locations to “park” the treatment beam 14 .
- Optical fibers 24 a - 24 d are used to deliver the treatment and aiming beams 14 , 18 from the light source assembly 2 to the slit lamp assembly 3 .
- An additional optical fiber 46 may be used to direct the treatment and/or aiming beams 14 , 18 to the patient via other means such as an endoprobe or laser indirect ophthalmoscope (not shown).
- Slit lamp assembly 3 includes an optical fiber input 50 (for receiving optical fibers 24 a - 24 d ), a scanner assembly 52 , a delivery assembly 54 , and a binocular viewing assembly 56 .
- the optical fiber input 50 preferably includes a unique optical conditioning system for each of the optical fibers 24 a - 24 d , so that each optical fiber can produce a specific (and preferably unique) spot size at the image plane IP of the slit lamp assembly 3 . For example, light from optical fiber 24 a first encounters a lens 58 a that collimates the light, followed by an aperture 60 that serves to reduce the effective numerical aperture by obscuring all but the central portion of the light beam.
- Lenses 58 b through 24 d are preferably configured to create different spot sizes at the image plane IP, and subsequently at the target tissue (retina R).
- optical fibers 24 a and 24 b have the same core diameter, but are made to create different spot sizes by using different lenses 58 a and 58 b .
- Optical fibers 24 c and 24 d have different core diameters. It is preferable (but not necessary) that all optical fibers deliver light with the same numerical aperture. Therefore, to keep the operating numerical apertures identical for these different channels, aperture 60 is used to counteract the change in optical power of lens 58 a relative to lenses 58 b , 58 c , 58 d.
- each optical fiber 24 a - 24 d after conditioning by the associated optical systems is directed to the scanner assembly 52 , which includes two movable mirrors 62 , 64 mounted to two galvanometers 66 , 68 (although any well known optic moving device such as piezo actuators could be used).
- Mirrors 62 , 64 are configured to rotate in two orthogonal axes to scan (i.e. translate) the incoming light to form any desired pattern P.
- the scanned pattern of light P (which originates from treatment light source 12 and/or aiming light source 14 ) leaving the scanner assembly 52 passes through the delivery assembly 54 , which includes lens 70 (for creating the intermediate scanned pattern at image plane IP), lens 72 (for conditioning the light pattern for focusing into the eye), mirror 74 (for directing the light pattern toward the target eye tissue), lens 76 (preferably an infinity-corrected microscope objective lens) and lens 78 (preferably a contact lens that provides final focusing of the pattern of light P onto the target eye tissue such as the retina R).
- Illumination source 80 (such as a halogen light bulb) is used to illuminate the target eye tissue R so that the physician can visualize the target eye tissue.
- the user views the target eye tissue R directly via the binocular viewing assembly 56 , which includes magnification optics 82 (e.g. one or more lenses used to magnify the image of the target eye tissue, and preferably in an adjustable manner), an eye safety filter 84 (which prevents potentially harmful levels of light from reaching the user's eye, and which may be color-balanced to provide for a photopically neutral transmission), optics 86 , and eyepieces 88 .
- magnification optics 82 e.g. one or more lenses used to magnify the image of the target eye tissue, and preferably in an adjustable manner
- an eye safety filter 84 which prevents potentially harmful levels of light from reaching the user's eye, and which may be color-balanced to provide for a photopically neutral transmission
- optics 86 e.g. one or more lenses used to magnify the image of the target eye tissue, and preferably in an adjustable manner
- eye safety filter 84 which prevents potentially harmful levels of light from reaching the user's eye, and which may
- Pattern P of light is ultimately created on the retina of a patient R using optical beams 14 , 18 from treatment light source 12 and aiming light source 16 under the control of control electronics 90 and central processing unit (CPU) 92 .
- Control electronics 90 e.g. field programmable gate array, etc.
- CPU 92 e.g. a dedicated microprocessor, a stand-alone computer, etc.
- input/output device 94 for monitoring and/or controlling those components.
- control electronics 90 and/or CPU 92 monitor photodiode 28 (to ensure treatment beam 14 is generated at the desired power level), operate the light sources 12 , 16 (turn on/off, set power output level, etc.), operate mirror 32 (to select which optical fiber will be used for treatment and/or aiming beams 14 , 18 ), and control the orientations of galvanometric scanners 66 , 68 to produce the desired pattern P on the target eye tissue.
- CPU 92 preferably serves to support control electronics 90 , and serves as input for a graphical user interface (GUI) 96 and an alternate user input device 98 .
- GUI graphical user interface
- GUI 96 allows the user to command various aspects of the system, such as the delivered spot size and pattern, pulse duration and optical power output from treatment light source 12 and aiming light source 16 .
- the ultimate fine alignment of the light pattern P on the target tissue may be further controlled by use of the input device 98 (which can be a joystick, a touchpad, etc.), which causes mirrors 62 , 64 alter their rotations when scanning the light beam thus translating the entire pattern P on the target tissue. This approach yields very fine control of the disposition of the scanned beam.
- Additional input devices 98 can be included, such as knobs to adjust the output power of the light sources 12 , 16 , a footswitch or other type of activation device to activate the application of the aiming pattern and/or treatment pattern, etc.
- the ultimate disposition of the optical output of light sources 12 , 16 is intended to be the pattern P contained in the patient's retina R.
- the most basic types of patterns P are those formed of discrete, uniformly sized and uniformly spaced fixed spots.
- the user can use GUI 96 to select, modify, and/or define a number of pattern variables, such as: spot size, spot spacing (i.e. spot density), total number of spots, pattern size and shape, power level, pulse duration, etc.
- the CPU 92 and control electronics 90 control the treatment light source 12 (assuming it is a pulsed light source) or additionally a shuttering mechanism (not shown) somewhere along the beam 14 to create pulsed treatment light.
- Mirrors 62 , 64 move between pulses to direct each pulse to a discrete location to form a stationary spot.
- FIG. 2 shows a pattern P having a single spot 100 .
- FIGS. 3A-3G show fully symmetrical (i.e. symmetrical in both the vertical and horizontal axes) square or circular patterns P of spots 100 .
- FIGS. 4A-4D show non-symmetrical patterns P of spots 100 such as lines, rectangles and ellipses.
- FIGS. 5A-5B show patterns P of spots 100 with completely enclosed exclusion zones 102 , which are zones within the pattern P that are free of spots- 100 .
- FIGS. 6A-6B show patterns P of spots 100 with partially open exclusion zones 102 , where the exclusion zone 102 is not completely surrounded by the spots 100 . Different patterns are ideal for different treatments.
- a single spot pattern is ideal for titrating the power for treatment, performing touchups to space between pattern spots, and sealing individual micro-aneurysms.
- Rectangle, square and line patterns are ideal for PRP (panretinal photocoagulation).
- Elliptical and circular patterns are ideal for treating the macula, and sealing tears.
- Arc patterns i.e. circular or elliptical wedge patterns but without a radially center portion as shown in FIG. 4F
- Patterns with enclosed exclusion zones are ideal for treating around sensitive areas such as the fovea where it is important that the sensitive area not receive any treatment light.
- Patterns with partially open exclusion zones are ideal for treating sensitive areas that are connected to other sensitive areas, such as avoiding treatment of both the fovea and the optic nerve that extends from the fovea—see especially pattern P in FIG. 6A )
- FIG. 7 illustrates a circular pattern P with a substantially uniform spot density.
- uniform spot density over the entire pattern P is easily achieved by making the rows and columns equally spaced apart and spots 100 all the same size.
- uniformity is not easily achieved. Forming concentric circles of spots with the same number of spots in each circle will result in a reduced spot density as the radius increases. Therefore, the following criteria has been developed to maximize the uniformity of the spot density of a circular pattern P of spots 100 (where the following calculations are preferably performed by the CPU 92 ):
- Equation (1) For calculating the diameter of the circle on which the arcs lie, equation (1) is the same, where A is the angular extent of the arcs and is between 0 and 2 ⁇ .
- interlaced patterns can be used to minimize localized heating.
- Interlaced patterns are patterns that overlap each other in an alternating manner, so that the patterns themselves overlap each other, but the spots of one pattern do not overlap the spots of the other pattern (i.e. spots of one pattern are positioned among the spots of the other in an alternating or intermixed manner).
- FIGS. 9A and 9B represent how a pattern P (illustrated in FIG.
- pattern P 1 represents half of the total spots in pattern P
- pattern P 2 represents the same pattern as pattern P 1 except it is rotated by a small angle (e.g. 11.25 degrees).
- pattern P 1 of FIG. 9A is scanned in its entirety
- pattern P 2 of FIG. 9B is scanned in its entirety in an interlaced fashion relative to pattern P 1 , thus resulting in pattern P of FIG. 9C that induces less localized heating during its scan onto the target tissue.
- FIG. 10A illustrates a variation of the interlacing of the two patterns P 1 and P 2 to result in pattern P.
- the size of spots 100 forming pattern P 2 is smaller than that of the spots 100 forming pattern P 1 .
- adjacent spots have different sizes. This has the advantage of preserving more of the untreated retina and maintaining open space for subsequent follow-up treatment(s) (i.e. variable dosing).
- FIG. 10B is a variation on FIG. 10A , in which the spot size is consistent within the same ring, but spot sizes from one ring to the next can vary.
- FIGS. 11A-11B illustrate how varying the spot sequencing can be used to balance control of localized heating with other considerations.
- the sequence in which each spot is scanned is numbered.
- the first eight pulses are used to consecutively scan the eight spots that form the innermost circle.
- the next most innermost circle is consecutively scanned, and so on.
- Each circle is scanned in a single direction with adjacent spots being scanned in consecutive order.
- this pattern sequence is that the innermost circle closest to the exclusion zone 102 is scanned first, so that if the patient's eye moves later on while the pattern is still being scanned, the beam at that point in the treatment will be further away from the sensitive eye tissue in the exclusion zone and thus will minimize the risk of inadvertent exposure to this tissue (e.g. the fovea).
- this spot sequence results in adjacent spots in each circle being scanned consecutively, which may result in undesirable localized heating.
- the spot sequence is modified so that each circle is scanned one at a time starting with the innermost circle, but within each circle adjacent spots are not scanned consecutively (i.e. adjacent pulses in the beam are not used to scan adjacent spots in the final pattern). This can entail either a random ordering, or a more orderly sequence such as scanning every other spot as the beam traverses around the circle (as shown in FIG. 11B ).
- FIGS. 12A and 12B show pulse sequencing similar to that of FIGS. 11A and 11B , except as applied to a wedge shaped pattern P.
- arcs of different radii are scanned one arc at a time, in order, starting from the innermost circle.
- the spots 100 of the wedge shaped pattern P are scanned randomly both within as well as among the different arcs.
- FIGS. 13A-13D show how a larger pattern P can be broken up into sub-patterns.
- the entire pattern P in this example a circular pattern
- the spots may be scanned out of order to minimize localized heating as discussed above.
- the advantage of this technique is that if the scanning were interrupted during one sub-pattern (e.g. due to excessive eye movement), the system can better recover by simply moving on to the next sub-pattern.
- the aiming beam can take relative to the treatment beam.
- the aiming light can be projected onto the target tissue in a pattern that generally matches that of the treatment light (i.e. the system projects a pattern P of spots with the aiming light, followed by the projection of the pattern P of spots with the treatment light overlapping the positions of the spots projected by the aiming light).
- the physician can align the pattern P of treatment light spots knowing they will be positioned where the pattern P of alignment light spots are seen on the target tissue.
- the aiming light can be scanned in a pattern P AIM of enclosed shape (e.g. circle, rectangle, ellipse, etc.), where the treatment light pattern P of spots will be inside that enclosed shape (i.e.
- the pattern P AIM of aiming light outlines the target tissue that will receive the treatment light pattern P).
- P AIM of FIG. 14B outlines the pattern P of FIG. 14A
- P AIM of FIG. 15B outlines the pattern P of FIG. 15A
- the alignment pattern P AIM can identify the center of the treatment light pattern P of spots, and possibly indicate the extent of the treatment light pattern P of spots (e.g. alignment pattern P AIM is cross hairs showing the center of the treatment light pattern P, with the outer ends of the cross hairs indicating the outer perimeter of the treatment light pattern P.
- P AIM of FIGS. 14C and 14D identify the center and extent of the pattern P of FIG. 14A
- P AIM of FIGS. 15C and 15D identify the center and extent of the pattern P of FIG. 15A .
- FIG. 16 illustrates how the system can automatically generate pattern sizes that exceed the scan size capabilities of the system.
- the desired pattern P is in the shape of a circular arc, with four sub-arc patterns 1 - 4 .
- the system can be set to allow the user to define the innermost sub-arc pattern 1 as a first scan, where the system will proceed to scan sub-arc pattern 1 , and then automatically identify and scan in sequential order sub-arc patterns 2 , 3 , 4 which are disposed radially outwardly from the sub-arc pattern 1 .
- a user can define an arc shaped pattern that approaches the scan limits of the system, and the system will automatically scan additional sub-patterns disposed radially outwardly from the pattern identified by the user.
- FIG. 17 illustrates an exemplary graphic user interface (GUI) 96 for selecting and implementing the above described photocoagulation patterns.
- GUI graphic user interface
- the illustrated GUI 96 comprises a touch screen display 110 , which defines soft keys on the screen can be used to change the operating conditions of the system.
- the display 110 defines soft keys for adjusting aim beam power 112 , fixation light power 114 , exposure time 116 , treatment power 118 , spot density 120 , pattern 122 , and spot diameter 124 . Touching these soft keys allows the user to adjust the selected parameter(s).
- Some soft keys are in the form of up/down arrows, which allow the user to directly adjust the numeric value.
- Other soft keys provide multiple options (e.g. spot density 120 ) from which the user can select the desired option.
- Still other soft keys illustrate an operating parameter, and when activated open new menus from which to manipulate that operating parameter
- the pattern soft key 122 illustrates the configuration of the selected pattern such as spot spacing and pattern shape and layout, and when activated such as being touched opens a menu for selecting from a plurality of predefined patterns as illustrated in FIG. 18 , or for defining a new pattern
- the spot diameter soft key 124 indicates the size of the spots and when touched opens a menu for adjusting the spot size.
- Status indicators are also provided on display 110 (e.g. status indicator 126 indicates whether the system is in a standby mode, an aiming light mode, or a treatment light mode; counter indicator 128 keeps track of the number of treatment applications and can be reset by touching the reset soft key 130 ).
- Soft keys can also be tailored to the specific data being input. For example, by dragging the user's finger around pattern soft key 122 allows the user to select how many quadrants, octants, etc. that will be included in a circular pattern (e.g. dragging around the pattern key 122 for approximately 310 degrees will select a pattern with seven octants—i.e. one octant will be left out of an otherwise complete circular pattern).
- the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,” “including,” “has,” “having” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion.
- a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
- “or” refers to an inclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example, a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or not present) and B is true (or present), and both A and B are true (or present).
- the present invention is not limited to the embodiment(s) described above and illustrated herein, but encompasses any and all variations falling within the scope of the appended claims.
- the spot density can be varied in the same pattern P in various ways.
- the sizes and/or separation of spots 100 in one portion of the pattern P can be different than that in another portion of the same pattern P.
- Treatment density can also be varied in the same pattern P, by varying the power and/or pulse duration that form spots in one portion of the pattern P relative to the power and/or pulse duration that spots in another portion of pattern P.
- Pattern P can not only be formed of discrete stationary spots as described above, but also by one or more moving spots that form scanned lines or other scanned images.
- the aiming light source (or another light source) can be used to project a fixation pattern on the eye along with the aiming pattern P and/or the treatment pattern P to give the patient a reference point to keep the eye still during treatment.
- the above system is ideal for, but not limited to, photocoagulation diagnosis/treatment.
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- This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/718,762, filed Sep. 19, 2005, and of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/758,169, filed Jan. 10, 2006, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates to retinal photocoagulation, and more particularly to a system and method for patterned optical ophthalmic treatment.
- Presently, conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration are subject to photocoagulative treatment with visible laser light. While this type of visible laser light treatment halts the progress of the underlying disease, it can be problematic. For example, because the treatment entails exposing the eye to visible laser light for a long period of time (typically on the order of 100 ms), damage can be caused to the patient's sensory retina from the heat that is generated. During the treatment, heat is generated predominantly in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), which is the melanin-containing layer of the retina directly beneath the photoreceptors of the sensory retina. Although light is absorbed in the RPE, this type of treatment irreversibly damages the overlying sensory retina and negatively affects the patient's vision.
- Another problem is that some treatments require the application of a large number of laser doses to the retina, which can be tedious and time consuming. Such treatments call for the application of each dose in the form of a laser beam spot applied to the target tissue for a predetermined amount of time. The physician is responsible for ensuring that each laser beam spot is properly positioned away from sensitive areas of the eye that could result in permanent damage. Since some treatments can require hundreds of laser beam spots to evenly treat the target tissue, the overall treatment time can be quite long and require great physician skill to ensure an even and adequate treatment of the entire target tissue area.
- To reduce the treatment time needed for retinal photocoagulation, a system and method has been proposed for applying multiple laser spots automatically in the form of a pattern of spots, so that an area of target tissue is efficiently treated by multiple spots pre-positioned on the tissue in the form of the pattern. See for example U.S. Patent Publication US2006/0100677. However, rapid delivery of multiple beam spots in patterns raises new issues. For example, localized heating can occur with the rapid and consecutive delivery of adjacent beam spots within a pattern. Moreover, variations in the patterns are needed to provide better exclusion zone and beam spot density control (both for even density and variable density), as well as better system control through a graphic user interface.
- The present invention solves the aforementioned problems by providing a system and method of automatic projection of spot patterns onto the target tissue. More particularly, a photomedical system for treating target tissue includes a light source for generating a beam of light, a scanner assembly for translating the beam to form a pattern of spots of the light, a focusing element for focusing the pattern of spots on the target tissue, a controller for controlling the scanner assembly, and a graphic user interface connected to the controller that includes a display for displaying a configuration of the pattern of spots and for displaying a plurality of different pattern configurations to choose from for the pattern of spots in response to an activation of the display.
- A method of treating target tissue includes selecting a pattern of spots from a plurality of different pattern configurations displayed on a display of a graphic user interface by activating the display, generating a beam of light, translating the beam to form the selected pattern of spots of the light, and focusing the pattern of spots of the light on the target tissue.
- Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent by a review of the specification, claims and appended figures.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the scanning coagulation system. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram of a pattern P of a single spot. -
FIGS. 3A-3G are diagrams of symmetrical patterns P of spots. -
FIGS. 4A-4F are diagrams of non-symmetrical patterns P of spots. -
FIGS. 5A-5B are diagrams of patterns P of spots with fully enclosed exclusion zones. -
FIGS. 6A-6B are diagrams of patterns P of spots with partially open exclusion zones. -
FIG. 7 is a diagram of a circular pattern P of spots having a generally uniform spot density. -
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the scanning order of a pattern P of spots with adjacent spots scanned consecutively. -
FIGS. 9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating adjacent spots from a single pattern P separated into two different spot patterns. -
FIG. 9C is a diagram illustrating the pattern P of spots resulting from the combination of patterns inFIGS. 9A and 9B . -
FIGS. 10A-10B are diagrams of a pattern P of spots with adjacent spots having different sizes. -
FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams illustrating two different scanning orders of a round pattern P of spots. -
FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating two different scanning orders of a wedge shaped pattern P of spots. -
FIGS. 13A and 13D are diagrams illustrating four separately scanned sub-patterns that together form scanned pattern P. -
FIGS. 14A-14D are diagrams illustrating aiming patterns that either enclose the area in which the treatment pattern P of spots of will be positioned or identify the center and outer extent of the treatment pattern P. -
FIGS. 15A-15D are diagrams illustrating aiming patterns that either enclose the area in which the treatment pattern P of spots of will be positioned or identify the center and outer extent of the treatment pattern P. -
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating automatic generation of arc patterns. -
FIG. 17 is a front view of a graphic user interface screen for operating the photocoagulation system. -
FIG. 18 is a front view of the graphic user interface screen displaying multiple possible pattern configurations from which to choose from. - The present invention is a system and method for generating patterns P of aiming and treatment light on target eye tissue (e.g. the retina) of a patient's eye.
FIG. 1 depicts an ophthalmic slit lamp basedscanning photocoagulator 1, which is a non-limiting example of a photocoagulation system for creating and projecting aiming and/or treatment patterns of spots onto a patient'sretina R. System 1 includes alight source assembly 2 and aslit lamp assembly 3. - The
light source assembly 2 includes atreatment light source 12 for generating an optical beam oftreatment light 14, and an aiminglight source 16 for generating an optical beam of aiminglight 18.Treatment beam 14 fromtreatment light source 12 is first conditioned bylens 20, which is used in conjunction with acurved mirror 22 to preparetreatment beam 14 for input into anoptical fiber bundle 24. After encounteringlens 20,treatment beam 14 is sampled by partially reflectingmirror 26. The light reflected frommirror 26 is used as an input for aphotodiode 28 that monitors the output power oftreatment beam 14, assuring that thelight source 12 is operating at the desired power. Amirror 30 is used to steertreatment beam 14 ontomirror 22, which in turn directstreatment beam 14 onto movingmirror 32.Aiming beam 18 from aiminglight source 16 is directed onto movingmirror 32 viamirrors - Moving
mirror 32 is preferably mounted on a galvanometric scanner (but could also be moved by piezo actuators or other well know optic moving devices), and moves to selectively direct treatment and aimingbeams optical fibers optical fiber bundle 24 at any given time, wherelenses beams mirror 32 is spaced one focal length away fromlens 20 to provide for a telecentric scan condition (thus allowing for the injection oftreatment beam 14 into all theoptical fibers 24 a-24 d on parallel paths, which preserves the launch numerical aperture across the optical fiber bundle 24). Adjacent to theoptical fibers 24 a-24 d are beam dumps 38, 40, which provide convenient locations to “park” thetreatment beam 14.Optical fibers 24 a-24 d are used to deliver the treatment and aimingbeams light source assembly 2 to theslit lamp assembly 3. An additionaloptical fiber 46 may be used to direct the treatment and/or aimingbeams -
Slit lamp assembly 3 includes an optical fiber input 50 (for receivingoptical fibers 24 a-24 d), ascanner assembly 52, adelivery assembly 54, and abinocular viewing assembly 56. Theoptical fiber input 50 preferably includes a unique optical conditioning system for each of theoptical fibers 24 a-24 d, so that each optical fiber can produce a specific (and preferably unique) spot size at the image plane IP of theslit lamp assembly 3. For example, light fromoptical fiber 24 a first encounters alens 58 a that collimates the light, followed by anaperture 60 that serves to reduce the effective numerical aperture by obscuring all but the central portion of the light beam. Light fromoptical fibers 24 b through 24 dfirst encounter lenses 58 b through 58 d, respectively.Lenses 58 b-58 d are preferably configured to create different spot sizes at the image plane IP, and subsequently at the target tissue (retina R). In the illustrated example,optical fibers different lenses Optical fibers aperture 60 is used to counteract the change in optical power oflens 58 a relative tolenses - The optical output of each
optical fiber 24 a-24 d after conditioning by the associated optical systems (e.g. lenses 58 a-58 d,aperture 60, etc.) is directed to thescanner assembly 52, which includes twomovable mirrors galvanometers 66, 68 (although any well known optic moving device such as piezo actuators could be used).Mirrors pattern P. Mirror 62 may be rotated to redirect the light from any given one of thefibers 24 a-24 d into the remainder ofslit lamp assembly 3, thus acting to “select” the output from that optical fiber while prohibiting any light from the other optical fibers to continue through the entireslit lamp assembly 3. Because the output ends ofoptical fibers 24 a-24 d are not coincident,mirror 62 must be rotated into position to intercept the light from the desired optical fiber and transmit that light to mirror 64, which can further move the light in an orthogonal axis. This configuration has the added benefit of preventing any stray light that may be delivered by the non-selected optical fibers from exiting the system. InFIG. 1 ,optical fiber 24 b is shown as the selected fiber, where the output of this fiber is scanned bymirrors - The scanned pattern of light P (which originates from
treatment light source 12 and/or aiming light source 14) leaving thescanner assembly 52 passes through thedelivery assembly 54, which includes lens 70 (for creating the intermediate scanned pattern at image plane IP), lens 72 (for conditioning the light pattern for focusing into the eye), mirror 74 (for directing the light pattern toward the target eye tissue), lens 76 (preferably an infinity-corrected microscope objective lens) and lens 78 (preferably a contact lens that provides final focusing of the pattern of light P onto the target eye tissue such as the retina R). Illumination source 80 (such as a halogen light bulb) is used to illuminate the target eye tissue R so that the physician can visualize the target eye tissue. - The user (i.e. physician) views the target eye tissue R directly via the
binocular viewing assembly 56, which includes magnification optics 82 (e.g. one or more lenses used to magnify the image of the target eye tissue, and preferably in an adjustable manner), an eye safety filter 84 (which prevents potentially harmful levels of light from reaching the user's eye, and which may be color-balanced to provide for a photopically neutral transmission),optics 86, andeyepieces 88. - Pattern P of light is ultimately created on the retina of a patient R using
optical beams treatment light source 12 and aiminglight source 16 under the control ofcontrol electronics 90 and central processing unit (CPU) 92. Control electronics 90 (e.g. field programmable gate array, etc.) and CPU 92 (e.g. a dedicated microprocessor, a stand-alone computer, etc.) are connected to various components of the system by an input/output device 94 for monitoring and/or controlling those components. For example,control electronics 90 and/orCPU 92 monitor photodiode 28 (to ensuretreatment beam 14 is generated at the desired power level), operate thelight sources 12, 16 (turn on/off, set power output level, etc.), operate mirror 32 (to select which optical fiber will be used for treatment and/or aimingbeams 14, 18), and control the orientations ofgalvanometric scanners CPU 92 preferably serves to supportcontrol electronics 90, and serves as input for a graphical user interface (GUI) 96 and an alternateuser input device 98.GUI 96 allows the user to command various aspects of the system, such as the delivered spot size and pattern, pulse duration and optical power output fromtreatment light source 12 and aiminglight source 16. In addition to the user physically moving slitlamp assembly 3 for gross alignment, the ultimate fine alignment of the light pattern P on the target tissue may be further controlled by use of the input device 98 (which can be a joystick, a touchpad, etc.), which causes mirrors 62, 64 alter their rotations when scanning the light beam thus translating the entire pattern P on the target tissue. This approach yields very fine control of the disposition of the scanned beam.Additional input devices 98 can be included, such as knobs to adjust the output power of thelight sources light sources - The most basic types of patterns P are those formed of discrete, uniformly sized and uniformly spaced fixed spots. The user can use
GUI 96 to select, modify, and/or define a number of pattern variables, such as: spot size, spot spacing (i.e. spot density), total number of spots, pattern size and shape, power level, pulse duration, etc. In response, theCPU 92 andcontrol electronics 90 control the treatment light source 12 (assuming it is a pulsed light source) or additionally a shuttering mechanism (not shown) somewhere along thebeam 14 to create pulsed treatment light.Mirrors FIG. 2 shows a pattern P having asingle spot 100.FIGS. 3A-3G show fully symmetrical (i.e. symmetrical in both the vertical and horizontal axes) square or circular patterns P ofspots 100.FIGS. 4A-4D show non-symmetrical patterns P ofspots 100 such as lines, rectangles and ellipses.FIGS. 5A-5B show patterns P ofspots 100 with completelyenclosed exclusion zones 102, which are zones within the pattern P that are free of spots-100.FIGS. 6A-6B show patterns P ofspots 100 with partiallyopen exclusion zones 102, where theexclusion zone 102 is not completely surrounded by thespots 100. Different patterns are ideal for different treatments. For example, a single spot pattern is ideal for titrating the power for treatment, performing touchups to space between pattern spots, and sealing individual micro-aneurysms. Rectangle, square and line patterns are ideal for PRP (panretinal photocoagulation). Elliptical and circular patterns are ideal for treating the macula, and sealing tears. Arc patterns (i.e. circular or elliptical wedge patterns but without a radially center portion as shown inFIG. 4F ) are ideal for partially surrounding and treating a tear, as well as for PRP treatment for periphery and lattice degeneration. Patterns with enclosed exclusion zones are ideal for treating around sensitive areas such as the fovea where it is important that the sensitive area not receive any treatment light. Patterns with partially open exclusion zones are ideal for treating sensitive areas that are connected to other sensitive areas, such as avoiding treatment of both the fovea and the optic nerve that extends from the fovea—see especially pattern P inFIG. 6A ) -
FIG. 7 illustrates a circular pattern P with a substantially uniform spot density. With rectangular shaped patterns, uniform spot density over the entire pattern P is easily achieved by making the rows and columns equally spaced apart andspots 100 all the same size. However, with a circular pattern, uniformity is not easily achieved. Forming concentric circles of spots with the same number of spots in each circle will result in a reduced spot density as the radius increases. Therefore, the following criteria has been developed to maximize the uniformity of the spot density of a circular pattern P of spots 100 (where the following calculations are preferably performed by the CPU 92): -
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Spots 100 are positioned in N circles of different radii all concentrically positioned around a single central point. - 2) The diameter D(n) of the nth circle of pattern P (where n=1, 2, . . . N, and n=1 is the circle closest to the center) is:
D(n)=EZ+S D+(n−1)×S D(1+Round(DF)) (1) - where EZ is the diameter of the desired exclusion zone if any (i.e. desired diameter of most inner circle), SD is the diameter of the spots, and Round(DF) is the density factor DF rounded (up or down) to the nearest whole number. The density factor DF is a number preferably selected or adjusted by the user via the
system GUI 96. Typical density factors for eye surgery can be in the low single digits. If no exclusion zone is desired, then n=2, 3, . . . N, and n=2 is the circle closest to the center - 3) The number of
spots 100 in the nth circle of pattern P is: - where Round here is rounding (up or down) to the nearest whole number.
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- 4) If there is no exclusion zone EZ, then n=2, 3 . . . N, with n=2 corresponding to the circle closest to the center.
- These same equations can be utilized to form constant density concentric arcs of equal angular extent A along N concentric circles (e.g. see
FIGS. 4F, 6A , 6B). For calculating the diameter of the circle on which the arcs lie, equation (1) is the same, where A is the angular extent of the arcs and is between 0 and 2π. The number of spots in each concentric arc is (i.e. equation (2) becomes): - The most straight forward technique for scanning
spots 100 in a pattern P is sequentially where adjacent spots are scanned consecutively from one end of the pattern to the other to minimize the amount of scanning mirror movement between spots (as illustrated inFIG. 8 ). However, exposing two adjacent spots consecutively (one just after the other) may result in undesirable localized heating. Thus, interlaced patterns can be used to minimize localized heating. Interlaced patterns are patterns that overlap each other in an alternating manner, so that the patterns themselves overlap each other, but the spots of one pattern do not overlap the spots of the other pattern (i.e. spots of one pattern are positioned among the spots of the other in an alternating or intermixed manner).FIGS. 9A and 9B represent how a pattern P (illustrated inFIG. 9C ) can be split up into two separate patterns P1 and P2 of alternating spots, so that spots immediately adjacent to each other in the pattern P are scanned onto the target tissue in two separate patterns (and thus more separated in time). In the particular example ofFIGS. 9A-9C , pattern P1 represents half of the total spots in pattern P, and pattern P2 represents the same pattern as pattern P1 except it is rotated by a small angle (e.g. 11.25 degrees). Thus pattern P1 ofFIG. 9A is scanned in its entirety, then pattern P2 ofFIG. 9B is scanned in its entirety in an interlaced fashion relative to pattern P1, thus resulting in pattern P ofFIG. 9C that induces less localized heating during its scan onto the target tissue. -
FIG. 10A illustrates a variation of the interlacing of the two patterns P1 and P2 to result in pattern P. In this configuration, the size ofspots 100 forming pattern P2 is smaller than that of thespots 100 forming pattern P1. Thus, in the combined pattern P, adjacent spots have different sizes. This has the advantage of preserving more of the untreated retina and maintaining open space for subsequent follow-up treatment(s) (i.e. variable dosing).FIG. 10B is a variation onFIG. 10A , in which the spot size is consistent within the same ring, but spot sizes from one ring to the next can vary. -
FIGS. 11A-11B illustrate how varying the spot sequencing can be used to balance control of localized heating with other considerations. InFIG. 11A , the sequence in which each spot is scanned is numbered. Thus, the first eight pulses are used to consecutively scan the eight spots that form the innermost circle. Then, the next most innermost circle is consecutively scanned, and so on. Each circle is scanned in a single direction with adjacent spots being scanned in consecutive order. The advantage of this pattern sequence is that the innermost circle closest to theexclusion zone 102 is scanned first, so that if the patient's eye moves later on while the pattern is still being scanned, the beam at that point in the treatment will be further away from the sensitive eye tissue in the exclusion zone and thus will minimize the risk of inadvertent exposure to this tissue (e.g. the fovea). It should be noted that this spot sequence results in adjacent spots in each circle being scanned consecutively, which may result in undesirable localized heating. InFIG. 11B , the spot sequence is modified so that each circle is scanned one at a time starting with the innermost circle, but within each circle adjacent spots are not scanned consecutively (i.e. adjacent pulses in the beam are not used to scan adjacent spots in the final pattern). This can entail either a random ordering, or a more orderly sequence such as scanning every other spot as the beam traverses around the circle (as shown inFIG. 11B ). -
FIGS. 12A and 12B show pulse sequencing similar to that ofFIGS. 11A and 11B , except as applied to a wedge shaped pattern P. Specifically, inFIG. 12A , arcs of different radii are scanned one arc at a time, in order, starting from the innermost circle. InFIG. 12B , thespots 100 of the wedge shaped pattern P are scanned randomly both within as well as among the different arcs. -
FIGS. 13A-13D show how a larger pattern P can be broken up into sub-patterns. Specifically, instead of scanning the entire pattern P (in this example a circular pattern), it may be preferable to break up the pattern P into sub-patterns (in this example wedge-shaped quadrants), and scan each sub-pattern P1, P2, P3, P4 in its entirety before moving on to the next sub-pattern. Within each sub-pattern, the spots may be scanned out of order to minimize localized heating as discussed above. The advantage of this technique is that if the scanning were interrupted during one sub-pattern (e.g. due to excessive eye movement), the system can better recover by simply moving on to the next sub-pattern. Trying to resume a partially completed scan of a pattern may not be feasible in some applications once registration between the scanner and the target tissue is lost. In other words, it is easier to register the location of an entire sub-pattern and continue rather than try to register the location of the remaining spots within a partially completed scanned pattern. By scanning the spots using sub-patterns to form an overall pattern P, and each sub-pattern is scanned without scanning adjacent spots consecutively, there is a good balance between small pattern local working areas and avoidance of excessive localized heating. - There are various relationships that the aiming beam can take relative to the treatment beam. For example, the aiming light can be projected onto the target tissue in a pattern that generally matches that of the treatment light (i.e. the system projects a pattern P of spots with the aiming light, followed by the projection of the pattern P of spots with the treatment light overlapping the positions of the spots projected by the aiming light). In this manner, the physician can align the pattern P of treatment light spots knowing they will be positioned where the pattern P of alignment light spots are seen on the target tissue. Alternately, the aiming light can be scanned in a pattern PAIM of enclosed shape (e.g. circle, rectangle, ellipse, etc.), where the treatment light pattern P of spots will be inside that enclosed shape (i.e. the pattern PAIM of aiming light outlines the target tissue that will receive the treatment light pattern P). Thus, PAIM of
FIG. 14B outlines the pattern P ofFIG. 14A , and PAIM ofFIG. 15B outlines the pattern P ofFIG. 15A . In yet another example, the alignment pattern PAIM can identify the center of the treatment light pattern P of spots, and possibly indicate the extent of the treatment light pattern P of spots (e.g. alignment pattern PAIM is cross hairs showing the center of the treatment light pattern P, with the outer ends of the cross hairs indicating the outer perimeter of the treatment light pattern P. Thus, PAIM ofFIGS. 14C and 14D identify the center and extent of the pattern P ofFIG. 14A , and PAIM ofFIGS. 15C and 15D identify the center and extent of the pattern P ofFIG. 15A . -
FIG. 16 illustrates how the system can automatically generate pattern sizes that exceed the scan size capabilities of the system. InFIG. 16 , the desired pattern P is in the shape of a circular arc, with four sub-arc patterns 1-4. The system can be set to allow the user to define the innermostsub-arc pattern 1 as a first scan, where the system will proceed to scansub-arc pattern 1, and then automatically identify and scan in sequential ordersub-arc patterns sub-arc pattern 1. With this configuration, a user can define an arc shaped pattern that approaches the scan limits of the system, and the system will automatically scan additional sub-patterns disposed radially outwardly from the pattern identified by the user. -
FIG. 17 illustrates an exemplary graphic user interface (GUI) 96 for selecting and implementing the above described photocoagulation patterns. The illustratedGUI 96 comprises atouch screen display 110, which defines soft keys on the screen can be used to change the operating conditions of the system. For example, thedisplay 110 defines soft keys for adjustingaim beam power 112, fixationlight power 114,exposure time 116,treatment power 118,spot density 120,pattern 122, andspot diameter 124. Touching these soft keys allows the user to adjust the selected parameter(s). Some soft keys are in the form of up/down arrows, which allow the user to directly adjust the numeric value. Other soft keys provide multiple options (e.g. spot density 120) from which the user can select the desired option. Still other soft keys illustrate an operating parameter, and when activated open new menus from which to manipulate that operating parameter (e.g. the patternsoft key 122 illustrates the configuration of the selected pattern such as spot spacing and pattern shape and layout, and when activated such as being touched opens a menu for selecting from a plurality of predefined patterns as illustrated inFIG. 18 , or for defining a new pattern; the spot diametersoft key 124 indicates the size of the spots and when touched opens a menu for adjusting the spot size). Status indicators are also provided on display 110 (e.g. status indicator 126 indicates whether the system is in a standby mode, an aiming light mode, or a treatment light mode;counter indicator 128 keeps track of the number of treatment applications and can be reset by touching the reset soft key 130). Soft keys can also be tailored to the specific data being input. For example, by dragging the user's finger around patternsoft key 122 allows the user to select how many quadrants, octants, etc. that will be included in a circular pattern (e.g. dragging around the pattern key 122 for approximately 310 degrees will select a pattern with seven octants—i.e. one octant will be left out of an otherwise complete circular pattern). - As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,” “including,” “has,” “having” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Further, unless expressly stated to the contrary, “or” refers to an inclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example, a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or not present) and B is true (or present), and both A and B are true (or present).
- It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment(s) described above and illustrated herein, but encompasses any and all variations falling within the scope of the appended claims. For example, while many of the patterns P described above and illustrated in the figures have a uniform spot density configuration, the present invention is not so limited. The spot density can be varied in the same pattern P in various ways. For example, the sizes and/or separation of
spots 100 in one portion of the pattern P can be different than that in another portion of the same pattern P. Treatment density can also be varied in the same pattern P, by varying the power and/or pulse duration that form spots in one portion of the pattern P relative to the power and/or pulse duration that spots in another portion of pattern P. Pattern P can not only be formed of discrete stationary spots as described above, but also by one or more moving spots that form scanned lines or other scanned images. The aiming light source (or another light source) can be used to project a fixation pattern on the eye along with the aiming pattern P and/or the treatment pattern P to give the patient a reference point to keep the eye still during treatment. The above system is ideal for, but not limited to, photocoagulation diagnosis/treatment. Lastly, as is apparent from the claims and specification, not all method steps necessarily need be performed in the exact order illustrated or claimed, but rather in any order that allows for the proper alignment and projection of the treatment pattern P.
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D(n)=EZ+S D+(n−1)×S D(1+Round(DF))
D(n)=S D+(n−1)×S D(1+Round(DF))
D(n)=EZ+S D+(n−1)×S D(1+Round(DF))
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D(n)=EZ+S D+(n−1)×S D(1+Round(DF))
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