Healio

Portable ETDRS chart offers advantages over standard chart

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — A pocket-sized ETDRS chart has the advantage of the high reproducibility of the standard ETDRS ...
Nature

Improving on ETDRS acuities: design and results for a computerised thresholding device

Aims All visual acuity data are subject to test–retest variability (TRV). This measurement error obscures true clinical change and reduces the statistical power of ...
Healio

Handheld ETDRS device may eliminate need for dedicated test lane

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — A handheld ETDRS device may offer benefits of convenience and portability, as well as the ability to ...
Nature

Validation of printed and computerised crowded Kay picture logMAR tests against gold standard ETDRS acuity test chart measurements in adult and amblyopic paediatric subjects

The impression exists that picture acuity scores may overestimate function when subjects are switched to letter charts. This has not been systematically investigated. The aims of this study were to ...
Medscape

Smartphone App Shows Promise for Visual Acuity Testing

A smartphone-based test for visual acuity is as accurate and repeatable as currently available standard visual acuity tests, according to a new study published online May 28 in JAMA Ophthalmology. The ...