Screen and Virtual Reality-Based Testing of Contrast Sensitivity

Guillermo Vivas-Mateos; Sarah Boswell; Iain A. T. Livingstone; Jonathan Delafield-Butt; Mario E. Giardini

doi:10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175595

Screen and Virtual Reality-Based Testing of Contrast Sensitivity

Guillermo Vivas-Mateos
, Sarah Boswell
, Iain A. T. Livingstone
, Jonathan Delafield-Butt
, Mario E. Giardini

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

Contrast sensitivity is a key visual ability for everyday tasks, as well as a potential indicator of important optical and neurological diseases. Current clinical standards, based on visual discrimination performance on printed charts, present problems that could be bypassed using electronic devices. This work describes the development of new tests for contrast sensitivity, based on the detection of a moving target on a computer screen and in virtual reality headset. It presents preliminary evaluation of these innovations by comparison of their performance, using healthy adults with normal vision and by artificially altering their contrast sensitivity. The results demonstrate consistent correlation between all test modalities explored.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	6054-6057
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728119908
ISBN (Print)	9781728119915
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175595
Publication status	Published - 27 Aug 2020
Event	42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society: “Enabling Innovative Technologies for Global Healthcare” - EMBS Virtual Academy, Montreal, Canada Duration: 20 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020 https://embc.embs.org/2020/ (EMBC 2020 conference information)

Publication series

Name	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2375-7477
ISSN (Electronic)	2694-0604

Conference

Conference	42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society
Abbreviated title	EMBC 2020
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	20/07/20 → 24/07/20
Internet address	https://embc.embs.org/2020/ (EMBC 2020 conference information)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Health Informatics

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Vivas-Mateos, G., Boswell, S., Livingstone, I. A. T., Delafield-Butt, J., & Giardini, M. E. (2020). Screen and Virtual Reality-Based Testing of Contrast Sensitivity. In 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 6054-6057). Article 9175595 (Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175595

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Vivas-Mateos G, Boswell S, Livingstone IAT, Delafield-Butt J, Giardini ME. Screen and Virtual Reality-Based Testing of Contrast Sensitivity. In 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE. 2020. p. 6054-6057. 9175595. (Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)). doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175595

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