Low-cost, smartphone based frequency doubling technology visual field testing using virtual reality (Conference Presentation)

Karam A. Alawa; Mohamed Sayed; Alejandro Arboleda; Heather A. Durkee; Mariela C. Aguilar; Richard K. Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2256535

16 May 2017 Low-cost, smartphone based frequency doubling technology visual field testing using virtual reality (Conference Presentation)

Karam A. Alawa, Mohamed Sayed, Alejandro Arboleda, Heather A. Durkee, Mariela C. Aguilar, Richard K. Lee

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Proceedings Volume 10045, Ophthalmic Technologies XXVII; 100451K (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256535
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Due to its wide prevalence, effective screening tools are necessary. The purpose of this project is to design and evaluate a system that enables portable, cost effective, smartphone based visual field screening based on frequency doubling technology. The system is comprised of an Android smartphone to display frequency doubling stimuli and handle processing, a Bluetooth remote for user input, and a virtual reality headset to simulate the exam. The LG Nexus 5 smartphone and BoboVR Z3 virtual reality headset were used for their screen size and lens configuration, respectively. The system is capable of running the C-20, N-30, 24-2, and 30-2 testing patterns. Unlike the existing system, the smartphone FDT tests both eyes concurrently by showing the same background to both eyes but only displaying the stimulus to one eye at a time. Both the Humphrey Zeiss FDT and the smartphone FDT were tested on five subjects without a history of ocular disease with the C-20 testing pattern. The smartphone FDT successfully produced frequency doubling stimuli at the correct spatial and temporal frequency. Subjects could not tell which eye was being tested. All five subjects preferred the smartphone FDT to the Humphrey Zeiss FDT due to comfort and ease of use. The smartphone FDT is a low-cost, portable visual field screening device that can be used as a screening tool for glaucoma.

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Karam A. Alawa, Mohamed Sayed, Alejandro Arboleda, Heather A. Durkee, Mariela C. Aguilar, and Richard K. Lee "Low-cost, smartphone based frequency doubling technology visual field testing using virtual reality (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10045, Ophthalmic Technologies XXVII, 100451K (16 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256535

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