Color Eye Model Project

One reason for the color differences in the appearance of the retina in fundus imaging in ophthalmology is the lack of a suitable calibration method or standard. This causes significant retinal color disparity from camera to camera, even within the same manufacturer for the same patient.

Proposal

Develop a suitable calibration phantom and calibration method, and devise the best working/vendor practices to ensure color consistency across devices and manufacturers.
To generate a repeatable, reliable method of 'profiling' individual fundus camera/ophthalmic digital imaging system combinations, and using that profile to attempt to bring the various systems to a reasonable color standard.
To work with the main companies that produce these systems to work toward this set of color standards in the interest of longitudinal research and accuracy of imaging in the field at large.

Participants

Company / Organisation	Name
Rochester Institute of Technology	Christye Sisson
Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center	Bill Fischer
Penn State Hershey Eye Center	Jim Strong
Rochester Institute of Technology, Munsell Color Science Laboratory	Mark Fairchild
Penn State Hershey Eye Center	Tim Bennett
Fundus Photography Reading Center, University of Wisconsin	Dennis Thayer
Sonomed/Escalon	Matt Carnavale
Carl Zeiss Meditec	Kevin Langton
Canon	Rich Amador
Rochester Institute of Technology, Munsell Color Science Laboratory	Susan Farnand
Fundus Photography Reading Center, University of Wisconsin	Dennis Thayer

Project coordinator: Christye Sisson

Medical Imaging Working Group main page.

Meetings

See the Medical Imaging Working Group main page for details of upcoming meetings.

Documents

Report on Phase 1 of the project:
Color Management in Ophthalmic Photography Witwer, Fairchild, Sisson

Other documents for this project are available here.