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IRI-Ubiteq and Others Develop Noise Removal Device for Fundus Photography.


Tokyo, Japan, May 9, 2006 - (JCN) - IRI-Ubiteq has developed a noise removal device for scanning laser ophthalmoscopes
direct ophthalmoscope  one that produces an upright, or unreversed, image of approximately 15 times magnification.
indirect ophthalmoscope  one that produces an inverted, or reversed, direct image of two to five times magnification.
scanning laser ophthalmoscope
 (SLOs SLO - Salem, Illinois (Airport Code)
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) in collaboration with FiberTech and the Nagaoka Nagaoka (nägä`ôkä), city (1990 pop. 185,938), Niigata prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An industrial center, it has oil refineries, chemical and food processing plants, engineering works, and machine-building factories. Nagaoka is also a transportation hub and a center for the surrounding skiing industry. University of Technology.

The new device, which combines IRI-Ubiteq's image processing technologies, FiberTech's expertise in medical devices, and super-resolution processing, an algorithm developed by the Nagaoka University of Technology, can remove noise in fundus
fundus of eye  the back portion of the interior of the eyeball, visible through the pupil by use of the ophthalmoscope.
fundus of gallbladder  the inferior, dilated portion of the gallbladder.
fundus of stomach  the part of the stomach to the left and above the level of the opening of the esophagus.
 photographs on a real-time basis and make the images clearer.

The new device can be connected to an SLO and ICG (indocyanine green) system, producing high-quality images.

Going forward, IRI-Ubiteq plans to commercialize the device after completing performance evaluations by ophthalmic specialists and medical device manufacturers.

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