The right eyes of 35 healthy subjects were fogged with plus lenses and tested with the Snellen visual acuity chart (Reichert 11180). Visual acuity and counting level were assessed under various ...

Results from smartphone-based Snellen charts, which are eye charts used to measure visual acuity, are not consistent with results from standard Snellen visual acuity chart tests, according to a study ...

A new study shows potential for eye tests to be conducted easily and affordably using a smartphone app. An app to test eyesight easily and affordably using a smartphone is as accurate as traditional ...

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 ...

Equation (1) is the derived equation from the standard definition of VA for computing the optotype size. I find it very interesting that authors found only 3 of 11 applications that had a measured ...

What if you could give yourself a standard eye exam at home? That’s the idea behind [Joel, Margot, and Yuchen]’s final project for [Bruce Land]’s ECE 4760—simulating the standard Snellen eye chart ...

Visual acuity--the ability to discern letters, numbers, and objects from a distance--is essential for many tasks, from recognizing a friend across a room to driving a car. Researchers previously ...

This week’s question was asked by: a close relative. QUESTION:Why is there that big E on the top of eye charts? ANSWER: We can credit Dr. Hermann Snellen, a Dutch ophthalmologist at the Netherlands ...

Visual acuity is a measure of how small a detail that is visible can be, and still be identified by a person. The most common way of testing vision is to use an eye chart, (the kind that you see in an ...

What is the farthest a human can see? What is the best recorded visual acuity? How far is the horizon? I am often asked these questions by clinicians and non-ophthalmologists and thought many of you ...

Finely tuned eye movements are instrumental in enhancing visual acuity, according to findings of a study published in Nature Communications. Finely tuned eye movements are instrumental in enhancing ...

Visual acuity is a measure of how small a detail that is visible can be, and still be identified by a person. The most common way of testing vision is to use an eye chart, (the kind that you see in an ...