ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2013
Rapid and reliable assessment of the contrast sensitivity function on an iPad.
Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02177669 (Test-Retest Variability of Quick Contrast Sensitivity Function Testing), which is not on this map. Cited by 66 papers.
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Test-Retest Variability of Quick Contrast Sensitivity Function Testing
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Validation of a New Test for Measuring the Contrast Sensitivity Function (Optopad-CSF) at Near Vision.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Multisensory-inspired modeling and neural correlates for two key binocular interactions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Night-time hot spring bathing is associated with improved blood pressure control: A mobile application and paper questionnaire study.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Optical coherence tomography angiography in diabetic retinopathy.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2023Review
- The spatial contrast sensitivity function and its neurophysiological bases.Vision research · 2023Article
- Reduced contrast sensitivity function correlated with superficial retinal capillary plexus impairment in early stage of dysthyroid optic neuropathy.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2023Article
- Development and validation of a new method for visual acuity assesment on tablet in pediatric population: eMOVA test.BMC ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Assessing the contrast sensitivity function in myopic parafovea: A quick contrast sensitivity functions study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Resilience of temporal processing to early and extended visual deprivation.Vision research · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Tablet-Based Tests of Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity in Older Adults.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeLetter acuity, the predominant clinical assessment of vision, is relatively insensitive to slow vision loss caused by eye disease. While the contrast sensitivity function (CSF) has demonstrated the potential to monitor the slow progress of blinding eye diseases, current tests of CSF lack the reliability or ease-of-use to capture changes in vision timely. To improve the current state of home testing for vision, we have developed and validated a computerized adaptive test on a commercial tablet device (iPad) that provides an efficient and easy-to-use assessment of the CSF.
methodsWe evaluated the reliability, accuracy, and flexibility of tablet-based CSF assessment. Repeated tablet-based assessments of the spatial CSF, obtained from four normally-sighted observers, which each took 3 to 5 minutes, were compared to measures obtained on CRT-based laboratory equipment; additional tablet-based measures were obtained from six subjects under three different luminance conditions.
resultsA Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated that tablet-based assessment was reliable for estimating sensitivities at specific spatial frequencies (coefficient of repeatability 0.14-0.40 log units). The CRT- and tablet-based results demonstrated excellent agreement with absolute mean sensitivity differences <0.05 log units. The tablet-based test also reliably identified changes in contrast sensitivity due to different luminance conditions.
conclusionsWe demonstrate that CSF assessment on a mobile device is indistinguishable from that obtained with specialized laboratory equipment. We also demonstrate better reliability than tests used currently for clinical trials of ophthalmic therapies, drugs, and devices.
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