Three-dimensional digitization of the anophthalmic cavity by means of the optical fringe projection method

Abstract

The implementation of bioengineering devices in medicine can improve the comfort and well-being of patients with unique health conditions, for example, by helping them recover the use of limbs or by modeling regions such as the eye. In optometry and ophthalmology, patients who have undergone the complete (enucleation) or partial (evisceration) removal of an eyeball often require ocular prostheses. This article presents a study on the use of an optical device for the 3D digitization of the surfaces of anophthalmic cavities in a group of patients. By using the optical method of fringe projection, our results demonstrate that this type of tool generates reliable data, which can be used to design ocular prostheses that are better adapted to the regions of interest.