RLPeri: Accelerating Visual Perimetry Test with Reinforcement Learning and Convolutional Feature Extraction

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Main Authors: Verma, Tanvi, Dinh, Linh Le, Tan, Nicholas, Xu, Xinxing, Cheng, Chingyu, Liu, Yong
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author Verma, Tanvi
Dinh, Linh Le
Tan, Nicholas
Xu, Xinxing
Cheng, Chingyu
Liu, Yong
author_facet Verma, Tanvi
Dinh, Linh Le
Tan, Nicholas
Xu, Xinxing
Cheng, Chingyu
Liu, Yong
contents Visual perimetry is an important eye examination that helps detect vision problems caused by ocular or neurological conditions. During the test, a patient's gaze is fixed at a specific location while light stimuli of varying intensities are presented in central and peripheral vision. Based on the patient's responses to the stimuli, the visual field mapping and sensitivity are determined. However, maintaining high levels of concentration throughout the test can be challenging for patients, leading to increased examination times and decreased accuracy. In this work, we present RLPeri, a reinforcement learning-based approach to optimize visual perimetry testing. By determining the optimal sequence of locations and initial stimulus values, we aim to reduce the examination time without compromising accuracy. Additionally, we incorporate reward shaping techniques to further improve the testing performance. To monitor the patient's responses over time during testing, we represent the test's state as a pair of 3D matrices. We apply two different convolutional kernels to extract spatial features across locations as well as features across different stimulus values for each location. Through experiments, we demonstrate that our approach results in a 10-20% reduction in examination time while maintaining the accuracy as compared to state-of-the-art methods. With the presented approach, we aim to make visual perimetry testing more efficient and patient-friendly, while still providing accurate results.
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spellingShingle RLPeri: Accelerating Visual Perimetry Test with Reinforcement Learning and Convolutional Feature Extraction
Verma, Tanvi
Dinh, Linh Le
Tan, Nicholas
Xu, Xinxing
Cheng, Chingyu
Liu, Yong
Artificial Intelligence
Visual perimetry is an important eye examination that helps detect vision problems caused by ocular or neurological conditions. During the test, a patient's gaze is fixed at a specific location while light stimuli of varying intensities are presented in central and peripheral vision. Based on the patient's responses to the stimuli, the visual field mapping and sensitivity are determined. However, maintaining high levels of concentration throughout the test can be challenging for patients, leading to increased examination times and decreased accuracy. In this work, we present RLPeri, a reinforcement learning-based approach to optimize visual perimetry testing. By determining the optimal sequence of locations and initial stimulus values, we aim to reduce the examination time without compromising accuracy. Additionally, we incorporate reward shaping techniques to further improve the testing performance. To monitor the patient's responses over time during testing, we represent the test's state as a pair of 3D matrices. We apply two different convolutional kernels to extract spatial features across locations as well as features across different stimulus values for each location. Through experiments, we demonstrate that our approach results in a 10-20% reduction in examination time while maintaining the accuracy as compared to state-of-the-art methods. With the presented approach, we aim to make visual perimetry testing more efficient and patient-friendly, while still providing accurate results.
title RLPeri: Accelerating Visual Perimetry Test with Reinforcement Learning and Convolutional Feature Extraction
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05112