A new measure of nystagmus acuity
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Supported by National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No.81070749)
Conflicts of Interest: Yao JP, None; Tai Z, None; Yin ZQ, None.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The ANAF was created based on discussions that Zheng Tai participated in when he worked at the University of Pittsburgh. We therefore thank professors Dong-Sheng Yang, Richard W Hertle and Richard A Bilonick for their valuable help and comments.

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    AIM: To construct a new visual acuity measuring function for congenital nystagmus (CN) patients by studying the relationships between acuity, velocities and positions of the eye.METHODS: After assessing the relationship between acuity, movement velocities and positions of the eye separately, a new function, which we call the automated nystagmus acuity function (ANAF), was constructed to measure the visual acuity of CN patients. Using a high-speed digital video system working at 500 frames per second, each eye was calibrated during monocular fixation. Twenty-six recorded nystagmus data were selected randomly. Using nystagmus waveforms, the best vision position (foveation period) and visual acuity were analyzed in three groups of subjects, and then all outputs were compared with the well-known expanded nystagmus acuity function (NAFX) and ANAF. Standard descriptive statistics were used to summarize the outputs of the two programs.RESULTS:Foveation periods were brief intervals in the CN waveform when the image was on or near the fovea and eye velocity was relatively slow. Results showed good visual acuity happened during the period when velocity was low and the eye position was near the zero position, which fitted the foveation periods. The data analyzed with NAFX and ANAF had a correlation coefficient of 0.934276, with an average error of -0.00973.CONCLUSION: The results from ANAF and NAFX analyses showed no significant difference. The NAFX manually identifies foveation eye positions and produces accurate measurements. The ANAF, however, can be calculated simply using the factors eye position and velocity, and it automatically calculates the ANAF without the need to manually identify foveation eye positions.

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Jun-Ping Yao, Zheng Tai, Zheng-Qin Yin. A new measure of nystagmus acuity. Int J Ophthalmol, 2014,7(1):95-99

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  • Received:January 21,2013
  • Revised:October 16,2013
  • Adopted:October 16,2013
  • Online: February 20,2014
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