Novel portable treatment device for lazy eye

我们的目标是开发一种可用于治疗弱视（也称为“懒眼”）的原型设备。 我们设想的治疗方案涉及患者首先访问诊所，在那里他们的视力参数进行评估，并确定合适的参数进行治疗。 然后，患者自己进行实际的治疗，使用我们将原型带回家的系统。 该系统由小型（手持）计算设备组成，例如运行修改的游戏应用程序的便携式数字助理（PDA）或超移动个人计算机（UMPC）。 我们之所以选择围绕游戏开发原型，是因为这样一个应用程序可以满足多种需求。 首先，系统操作必须足够简单，易用性不是障碍。其次，应用程序本身应该比传统的治疗任务更具吸引力和激励性，特别是对于儿童，如果它要在诊所外定期使用。 这是一个关键点，因为依从性是目前儿童弱视治疗的一个主要问题（目前没有针对成人的治疗方法）。

Our goal is to develop a prototype device for take-home use that can be used in the treatment of amblyopia (otherwise known as "lazy eye"). The therapeutic scenario we envision involves patients first visiting a clinic, where their vision parameters are assessed and suitable parameters are determined for therapy. Patients then proceed with the actual therapeutic treatment on their own, using a take-home system we will prototype. This system consists of a small (hand-held) computing device such as a portable digital assistant (PDA) or ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC) that runs a modified game application. Our rationale for choosing to develop the prototype around a game stems from multiple requirements that such an application satisfies. First, system operation must be sufficiently straightforward that ease-of-use is not an obstacle. Second, the application itself should be compelling and motivate use more so than a traditional therapeutic task, in particular for children, if it is to be used regularly outside of the clinic. This is a key point as compliance is a major issue for current treatments of childhood amblyopia (no current treatments are available for adults).