US Patent Issued to NIKON on July 29 for "Image processing method, program, image processing device, and ophthalmic system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,941, issued on July 29, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing method, program, image processing device, and ophthalmic system" was invented by Mariko Hirokawa (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: setting a first analysis point and a second analysis point on a fundus image so as to be symmetrical about a reference line; finding a first blood vessel running direction at the first analysis point and finding a second blood vessel running direction at the second analysis point; and comparing the first blood vessel running direction ag...