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DISCRIMINATION TEST FOR EARLY GLAUCOMA DETECTION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 465
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1985
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2 Professional Drive Suite 222
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jerome Leight
 (301) 840-1992
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE A NEW INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO PSYCHOPHYSICALLY DETECT EARLIEST SIGNS OF LOSS OF VISION DUE TO NERVE DAMAGE FROM GLAUCOMA OR OCULAR HYPERTENSION. THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT IS A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED PROJECTION PERIMETER THAT EMPLOYS PATTERN DISCRIMINATIONS, AS OPPOSED TO CONVENTIONAL MEASURES OF LUMINANCE CONTRAST THRESHOLDS, AS THE CRITERION FOR DETECTING VISUAL FIELD ABNORMALITIES. THE PROJECT PROPOSED IN THIS APPLICATION CONSISTS OF DEVELOPING THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR A PROTOTYPE MODEL OF THE PATTERN DISCRIMINATION PERIMETER. THIS MODEL WILL BE SUBJECTED TO TESTING AT LKC TO VERIFY THAT IT IS READY FOR CLINICAL EVALUATION. CLINICAL TESTING WILL BEGIN AT COMPLETION OF PHASE I.

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