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US 12,557,984 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for measuring relative afferent pupillary defects
AssigneeNevada Research & Innovation Corporation
InventorsAlireza Tavakkoli, Stewart Zuckerbrod
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Abstract
Methods and systems for administering a modular and/or flexible eye test to patients are presented that leverages on the visualization, processing, and eye tracking capabilities of a head mounted display (HMD). In an embodiment, a method for evaluating the pupillary responses includes using a head mounted display (HMD) worn by a patient to expose a first eye to light stimulation in accordance with a relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPD) eye test, an imaging device of the HMD receiving image data of the first eye, then exposing a second eye to the same RAPD eye test and receiving image data of the second eye, and generating at least one test result by using the image data of the first eye and the image data of the second eye.
Claims17
A method for evaluating pupillary responses of a patient comprising:
- exposing, by a head mounted display (HMD) worn by a patient that comprises at least one processor, a first optical display, a second optical display, an internal camera, and a communications device, a first eye to light stimulation in accordance with a relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPD) eye test by:
- presenting, by the at least one processor, a video recording of an external light source via the first optical display to the first eye of the patient while the second optical display proximate a second eye of the patient is off;
- and
- recording, by the internal camera, first pupil light response data from both the first eye and the second eye of the patient;
- exposing, by the HMD, the second eye of the patient to the same RAPD eye test by:
- turning off, by the at least on processor, the video recording being shown to the first eye of the patient while also presenting the video recording of the external light source via the second optical display to the second eye of the patient;
- and
- recording, by the internal camera, second pupil light response data from both the first eye and the second eye of the patient;
- generating, by the at least one processor utilizing the first pupil light response data and the second pupil light response data, at least one RAPD test result, wherein the generating the at least one RAPD test result comprises:
- determining, by the at least one processor, a center point of the first eye and its pupil within image data of the first eye;
- determining, by the at least one processor, a center point of the second eye and its pupil within image data of the second eye;
- obtaining, by the first optical display, first image data of a first half of the first eye having an edge defined by a first line of pixels intersecting the determined center point of the first eye;
- obtaining, by the second optical display, second image data of a second half of the second eye, the second half of the second eye opposing the first half of the first eye and having an edge defined by a second line of pixels intersecting the determined center point of the second eye;
- and
- generating, by the at least one processor using the first image data and the second image data, a composite image of the patient's eyes and pupils.
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A head-mounted display (HMD) device for evaluating pupillary responses of eyes of a patient comprising:
- a frame configured to be worn by a patient;
- a first eye scope including a first ocular aperture, a first light aperture and a first monitoring aperture, the first eye scope operably connected to the frame;
- a second eye scope including a second ocular aperture, a second light aperture and a second monitoring aperture, the second eye scope operably connected to the frame;
- an HMD processor operably connected to the first eye scope and the second eye scope;
- an internal camera operably connected to the HMD processor;
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- a storage device operably connected to the HMD processor and storing processor executable instructions which when executed causes the HMD processor to:
- expose a first eye of the patient to light stimulation in accordance with a relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPD) eye test by:
- presenting, by the HMD processor, a video recording of an external light source via the first eye scope to the first eye of the patient while the second eye scope proximate a second eye of the patient is off;
- and
- recording, by the internal camera, first pupil light response data from both the first eye and the second eye of the patient;
- expose a second eye of the patient to light stimulation in accordance with the same RAPD eye test by:
- turning off, by the HMD processor, the video recording being shown to the first eye of the patient while also presenting the video recording of the external light source via the second eye scope to the second eye of the patient;
- and
- recording, by the internal camera, second pupil light response data from both the first eye and the second eye of the patient;
- and
- generate, by the HMD processor utilizing the first pupil light response data and the second pupil light response data, at least one RAPD test result, wherein the generating the at least one RAPD test result comprises:
- determining, by the at least one processor, a center point of the first eye and its pupil within image data of the first eye;
- determining, by the at least one processor, a center point of the second eye and its pupil within image data of the second eye;
- obtaining, by the first optical display, first image data of a first half of the first eye having an edge defined by a first line of pixels intersecting the determined center point of the first eye;
- obtaining, by the second optical display, second image data of a second half of the second eye, the second half of the second eye opposing the first half of the first eye and having an edge defined by a second line of pixels intersecting the determined center point of the second eye;
- and
- generating, by the at least one processor using the first image data and the second image data, a composite image of the patient's eyes and pupils.
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