GPU-acceleration for Surgical Eye Imaging

This paper discusses GPU-related aspects of developing computer vision algorithms for detection of the pupil and limbus (the boundary between the iris and the white of the eye). As an example for our case study of GPUenabled algorithms, we introduce and explore a custom version of blob detector used for finding the pupil in preoperatonal images. This work was completed as part of an exploratory project by Kerner Graphics, Inc. to identify possible performance and resolution improvements for 3D eye surgery imaging products being developed by TrueVision