Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Studies on Visual Function Measurements for Building Visual Function Database of the Elderly

고령자의 시각기능데이터베이스 구축을 위한 시각기능계측에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Dong-Wook (Division of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Kwang-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Ja (Division of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Gyun (Division of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • 김동욱 (전북대학교 공과대학 바이오메디컬공학부) ;
  • 박광석 (서울대학교 의과대학 의공학교실) ;
  • 김정자 (전북대학교 공과대학 바이오메디컬공학부) ;
  • 김남균 (전북대학교 공과대학 바이오메디컬공학부)
  • Published : 2007.10.31
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Abstract

As our society progresses rapidly toward an aged society, there is a stiff increase in the population of the aged persons who have difficulties in adjusting themselves to environments due to declines of their physical functions. Therefore, there is a great need for the concept of 'Universal Design' that demands the design of overall social structure to care for the elderly. Due to this reason, the physical function of the aged persons should thoroughly be studied for the development of rehabilitation and training equipments to help the recovery of physical functions of the elderly. Among the variety of physical functions of the elderly, visual functions, motion characteristics, hearing functions, and somatosensory functions have significant influence toward everyday lives and are physical functions to study for the construction of urgently needed physical function databases of the elderly. This study concentrates on visual functions among the variety of physical functions of the elderly. To measure various visual functions of the elderly, a measurement room for the elderly has been developed, which can mimic everyday lives and perform measurements of visual functions with subjects in seated position. The measurement items for the construction of the database were capabilities in everyday vision according to changes in arrangement of colors and light intensity and capabilities in everyday vision, color distinction, dark adaptation, and light glare against changes in contrast.

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