TY - JOUR
T1 - Night-vision aid using see-through display for patients with retinitis pigmentosa
AU - Ikeda, Yasuhiro
AU - Nakatake, Shunji
AU - Funatsu, Jun
AU - Fujiwara, Kohta
AU - Tachibana, Takashi
AU - Murakami, Yusuke
AU - Hisatomi, Toshio
AU - Yoshida, Shigeo
AU - Enaida, Hiroshi
AU - Ishibashi, Tatsuro
AU - Sonoda, Koh Hei
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We gratefully thank Mr. Masatoshi Tate and Toshiki Tsujinaka for their critical feedback on this study. We also gratefully thank Miss Hiroko Seto, Mrs. Mutsumi Yao, Miss Miyuki Yamao and Miss Yuina Hayashida for their assistance in the walking test. This study was funded by HOYA Co., Ltd..
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Japanese Ophthalmological Society.
PY - 2019/3/11
Y1 - 2019/3/11
N2 - Purpose: From an early stage, retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients suffer from night blindness which causes nocturnal mobility difficulties. We created a wearable visual aid that uses a high-performance see-through display, and added a high-sensitivity camera with a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor sensor. Here, we evaluate the device’s efficacy for helping night-blindness sufferers walk in the dark. Study design: Prospective clinical study. Methods: Twenty-eight subjects underwent binocular visual acuity testing in the dark without (power off) and with (power on) the device. The test was carried out in a darkened room. We recorded the number of trial errors and the time it took each subject to arrive at the goal both with and without the aid of our device. Results: Our device effectively assists walking in RP patients with mobility problems in the dark. Conclusion: Binocular visual acuity in the dark was significantly improved with the aid of our device. In the walking test, the number of errors decreased greatly with the device, and the travel time was significantly shortened.
AB - Purpose: From an early stage, retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients suffer from night blindness which causes nocturnal mobility difficulties. We created a wearable visual aid that uses a high-performance see-through display, and added a high-sensitivity camera with a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor sensor. Here, we evaluate the device’s efficacy for helping night-blindness sufferers walk in the dark. Study design: Prospective clinical study. Methods: Twenty-eight subjects underwent binocular visual acuity testing in the dark without (power off) and with (power on) the device. The test was carried out in a darkened room. We recorded the number of trial errors and the time it took each subject to arrive at the goal both with and without the aid of our device. Results: Our device effectively assists walking in RP patients with mobility problems in the dark. Conclusion: Binocular visual acuity in the dark was significantly improved with the aid of our device. In the walking test, the number of errors decreased greatly with the device, and the travel time was significantly shortened.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059557772&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85059557772&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10384-018-00644-5
DO - 10.1007/s10384-018-00644-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 30604110
AN - SCOPUS:85059557772
SN - 0021-5155
VL - 63
SP - 181
EP - 185
JO - Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -