METHOD FOR ASSESSING EFFECTIVENESS OF PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS OF PIGMENT GRANULES IN TRABECULAR MEMBRANE CELLS FOLLOWING LASER TRABECULOPLASTY Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61F9/00 A61B3/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to ophthalmology, and can be used for assessing the effectiveness of pigment granule photothermolysis in trabecular membrane cells following laser trabeculoplasty. A method consists in detecting trabecular membrane pigmentation at least one month following the laser trabeculoplasty. A colorimetric analysis is used for the process of detection. That is ensured by performing a single photorecording of the trabecular membrane at 10x to 40x magnification. Both laser exposed and non-exposed sites are photorecorded. That is followed by evaluating the colorimetric analysis results R, G, B of these sites in Paint drawing editor to be compared. Pigmentation intensity variations of the trabecular membrane are evaluated.

EFFECT: method provides high assessment accuracy and objectivity of the pigment granule photothermolysis in the trabecular membrane cells by the optimum comparison environments of both laser exposed and non-exposed membrane sites.

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