Functional retinal imaging with improved accuracy
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorSam Kavusi
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Abstract
A technique for performing a visual field test on an eye includes sequentially presenting visual stimuli to the eye on a display. A gaze direction of the eye is monitored with a camera to identify when the gaze direction has drifted from a fixation target. A first intended position associated with a first visual stimulus of the visual stimuli is offset to compensate for drifting of the gaze direction from the fixation target when the gaze direction is determined to have drifted during presentation of the first visual stimulus. User inputs indicating whether the user acknowledges observance of each of the visual stimuli presented are registered.
Claims18
An apparatus for ophthalmic testing, comprising:
- a display for presenting visual stimuli to an eye;
- a camera for tracking a gaze direction of the eye while the visual stimuli is presented to the eye;
- a controller coupled to the display and the camera, the controller including a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the controller, will cause the apparatus to perform operations, including:
- sequentially presenting the visual stimuli on the display for measuring a visual function sensitivity of the eye over a field of view;
- monitoring a gaze direction of the eye with the camera to identify when the gaze direction has drifted from a fixation target;
- mapping a first intended retinal position on a retina, which is associated with a first visual stimulus of the visual stimuli, to an offset retinal position that is actually stimulated by the first visual stimulus due to a drifting of the gaze direction, wherein the mapping compensates for the drifting of the gaze direction from the fixation target when the gaze direction is determined to have drifted during presentation of the first visual stimulus, wherein the first intended retinal position is stimulated by the first visual stimulus on the display when the gaze direction is aligned with the fixation target;
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- registering user inputs indicating whether the user acknowledges observance of each of the visual stimuli presented.
A method for performing a visual field test on an eye, the method comprising:
- sequentially presenting visual stimuli to the eye on a display;
- monitoring a gaze direction of the eye with a camera to identify when the gaze direction has drifted from a fixation target;
- offsetting a first intended position associated with a first visual stimulus of the visual stimuli to compensate for drifting of the gaze direction from the fixation target when the gaze direction is determined to have drifted during presentation of the first visual stimulus;
- registering user inputs indicating whether the user acknowledges observance of each of the visual stimuli presented;
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- time weighting a given one of the user inputs across multiple offset intended positions when the gaze direction is determined to have moved during presentation of the given one of the visual stimuli.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.