In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography instrument comprises an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user is provided; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user\'s eye; an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user\'s eye; an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and electronics coupled to the detector. The electronics can be configured to perform a risk assessment analysis based on optical coherence tomography measurements obtained using the interferometer. An output device can be electrically coupled to the electronics, and may be configured to output the risk assessment to the user through the output device. The optical coherence tomography instrument can be self-administered, and the eyepiece can be a monocular system or a binocular system.

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›1.independentA method for administering an optical coherence tomography scan, the method comprising:npositioning an optical coherence tomography instrument onto at…+11

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein the optical coherence tomography instrument is activated via a button, keypad, toggle, touch pad, touch sensor, foot pe…d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein activating the instrument comprises entering an input by the user.d2

›4.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein activating the instrument comprises using a card and a card reader, wherein the card reader is configured to read the c…d2+1

›6.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein activating the instrument comprises triggering an actuator by the user, wherein the actuator is configured to detect th…d2+1

›8.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein activating the instrument comprises rendering payment by the user to an interface device.d2

›9.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein activating the instrument comprises interfacing by the user a mobile phone of the user's with a billing module, such th…d2+1

›21.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein activating the instrument comprises interfacing by the user a mobile device of the user's with an interface module.d2+1

›11.independentAn optical coherence tomography system for providing a self-administered scan, the system comprising:nan eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a …+11

›12.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, wherein the scan is configured to be activated by the user via a button, keypad, toggle, touch pa…d2

›13.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, further comprising:na user interface module configured to:nreceive an input entered by the user; …d2

›14.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, further comprising:na card reader configured to:nread user identification data from a card; andac…d2+1

›16.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, further comprising:nan actuator configured to detect a presence of the user near the optical cohe…d2+1

›18.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, further comprising:na billing module configured to:nreceive payment rendered by the user; andacti…d2

›19.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, further comprising:na billing module configured to:ninterface with a mobile phone of the user's; …d2+1

›23.↳ 11The optical coherence tomography system of claim 11, further comprising an interface module configured to interface with a mobile device of the user's…d2+1

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A61B3/14
A61B3/10
A61B3/00
A61B3/11
A61B5/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

351/210351/206

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 61040084	27 Mar 2008
related publication	US 20130201449 A1	8 Aug 2013

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