CORNEA

The aims of the project are to develop optical, measuring, hardware, and software systems for a high-precision cornea topograph, by using novel measurement approaches, furthermore, to test it and to evaluate its use in the ophthalmologic diagnostics. Cornea topographs are widely used in ophthalmologic diagnostics for the video-keratoscopic examinations of patients. The purpose of an examination like this is to determine the shape and optical power of the living cornea and to display the cornea, further more, its optical power as a map, or as a surface for close inspection by the ophthalmologist. These examinations are of great diagnostic significance. The participants of this project aim at designing and constructing a cornea topograph that is free of the faults and drawbacks of the known topographs. This aim will be achieved, firstly, by the use of up-to-date optical, electronic, and computing devices and tools that will be either incorporated in the topograph, or will support its development; secondly, by the use of measurement and evaluation methods, selected or developed during the project. The methods are based on precise mathematical, optical, image processing approaches. An optimal sampling strategy and a corresponding surface approximation method will be sought, considering both theoretical and implementation aspects. The participants of the project will do basic and applied research in the field of mathematics, technology, ophthalmology, and carry out the experimental development of a medical measurement instrument.