Portable system to monitor astronaut ocular health and the development of the VIIP Syndrome
Abstract
We propose to utilize a previously developed, deployed, and clinically tested comprehensive visual field test and diagnosis system to investigate the relationship between intracranial pressure (ICP) and intraocular pressure (IOP) elevations that occur during long-term space travel and visual field loss. Recent data describing this phenomenon, now called the Visual Impairment/Intracranial Pressure (VIIP) Syndrome raise concerns that it could impact the visual health of astronauts both during long-duration space travel, potentially causing an impact to the mission, and after flight, causing significant morbidity. A non-invasive, easily-deployable, user-friendly visual field test system can provide early detection of changes in vision in flight as well as a screening and research tool to help develop countermeasures to prevent/alleviate this problem and to identify at-risk astronauts.
Additional Information
© 2014 IEEE. The work described in this publication has been carried out at the University of Arizona and the Baylor College of Medicine. This research was supported in part by the Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowment at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Arizona.Additional details
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- 59438
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- 10.1109/AERO.2014.6836488
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20150812-090320137
- University of Arizona
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