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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2020

Comparison of the performance of six stimulus paradigms in visual acuity assessment based on steady-state visual evoked potentials.

Xiaowei Zheng, Guanghua Xu, Yifan Wu, Yunyun Wang, Chenghang Du, Yongcheng Wu, Sicong Zhang, Chengcheng Han

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Xiaowei ZhengSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Guanghua XuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. ghxu@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-8684-7055
Yifan WuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yunyun WangSchool of Software Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Chenghang DuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yongcheng WuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Sicong ZhangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Chengcheng HanSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC-51775415Special Guidance Funds for the Construction of World-class Universities (Disciplines) and Characteristic Development in Central Universities PY3A071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThere are several stimulus paradigms used in objective visual acuity assessment based on steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs). The aim of this study was to explore the difference and performance of common used six stimulus paradigms (reverse vertical sinusoidal gratings, reverse horizontal sinusoidal gratings, reverse vertical square-wave gratings, brief-onset vertical sinusoidal gratings, reversal checkerboards and oscillating expansion-contraction concentric-rings) of SSVEP acuity assessment.

methodsWe tested subjective visual acuity both by tumbling E and Freiburg Visual Acuity and Contrast Test (FrACT) in 11 subjects. SSVEPs were induced by 11 spatial frequencies for each paradigm, and then a threshold determination criterion was used to define the objective SSVEP visual acuity.

resultsAfter SSVEP signal analysis, we found there was difference in SSVEP response of harmonic components and no difference in sensitive electrode placement for the six paradigms. We selected six electrodes (PO3, POz, PO4, O1, Oz and O2) as the sensitive electrodes to use in data processing for each paradigm. The results showed that except for brief-onset vertical sinusoidal gratings, the correlation and agreement between objective SSVEP and subjective FrACT acuity were all quite good, demonstrating good performance in acuity detection for the rest five paradigms.

conclusionExcept for brief-onset vertical sinusoidal gratings, all the five stimulus paradigms of reverse vertical sinusoidal gratings, reverse horizontal sinusoidal gratings, reverse vertical square-wave gratings, reversal checkerboards and oscillating expansion-contraction concentric-rings performed quite well in objective SSVEP visual acuity assessment.

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AdultElectroencephalographyElectroretinographyEvoked Potentials, VisualFemaleHumansMalePhotic StimulationRetinaVision TestsVisual AcuityYoung AdultElectrode placementSteady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)Stimulus paradigmsVisual acuity

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