SBIR Phase II: Novel System for Diagnosis of Vision Disorders

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是快速筛查影响20%以上普通人口的双眼视觉障碍。与可以用眼镜矫正的简单视力问题不同，双眼视觉障碍需要更长的时间来治疗，而且通常被低估。这些视力障碍的儿童诊断与注意力障碍和在校表现不佳有关，因此早期发现和治疗对学生的成功至关重要。这个小企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将开发一个针对各种双目视觉障碍的虚拟现实筛查平台。它将利用眼睛跟踪技术来精确测量佩戴者的眼睛运动，以响应专门设计的视觉刺激。软件将快速、自动地量化记录的眼球运动，并将它们与真实世界的值相关联，验光师可以利用这些值做出有意义的诊断决定。本提案中描述的技术将在许多用户身上进行测试，以验证其在不同人群中筛查各种疾病的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to rapidly screen for binocular vision disorders that impact over 20% of the general population. Unlike simple vision problems that can be corrected for with glasses, binocular vision disorders take longer to treat, and are typically underdiagnosed. Childhood diagnosis of these vision disorders is correlated with attention disorders and poor performance in school, so early detection and treatment is vital to student success.The proposed project advances development of a virtual reality system for diagnosis of vision problems. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a virtual reality screening platform for a variety of binocular vision disorders. It will take advantage of eye-tracking technology to precisely measure the eye movements of the wearer in response to specifically designed visual stimuli. Software will rapidly and automatically quantify recorded eye movements and correlate them to real-world values, which optometrists can use to make meaningful diagnostic decisions. The technology described in this proposal will be tested on many users to verify its ability to screen for a wide variety of disorders in a diverse population.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.