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ArticleWearable technologies2022

Head-mounted digital metamorphopsia suppression as a countermeasure for macular-related visual distortions for prolonged spaceflight missions and terrestrial health.

Joshua Ong, Nasif Zaman, Ethan Waisberg, Sharif Amit Kamran, Andrew G Lee, Alireza Tavakkoli

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Article in Wearable technologies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Joshua OngSchool of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4860-827X
Nasif ZamanHuman-Machine Perception Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
Ethan WaisbergSchool of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8999-0212
Sharif Amit KamranHuman-Machine Perception Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
Andrew G LeeCenter for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Alireza TavakkoliHuman-Machine Perception Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
University of Nevada, Reno · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During long-duration spaceflight, astronauts are exposed to various risks including spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome, which serves as a risk to astronaut vision and a potential physiological barrier to future spaceflight. When considering exploration missions that may expose astronauts to longer periods of microgravity, radiation exposure, and natural aging processes during spaceflight, more severe changes to functional vision may occur. The macula plays a critical role in central vision and disruptions to this key area in the eye may compromise functional vision and mission performance. In this article, we describe the development of a countermeasure technique to digitally suppress monocular central visual distortion with head-mounted display technology. We report early validation studies with this noninvasive countermeasure in individuals with simulated metamorphopsia. When worn by these individuals, this emerging wearable countermeasure technology has demonstrated a suppression of monocular visual distortion. We describe the considerations and further directions of this head-mounted technology for both astronauts and aging individuals on Earth.

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