News

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• Thank You Note from Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Technology) Marilyn Miller Freeman

Posters

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• Automated and Integrated Analysis and Characterization System for Visual Field Defects in 3D
• Web-accessible Visual Field Test and Analysis System for Multi-Center Studies and Touchpad Device Access
• Comprehensive Visual Field Test and Diagnosis System for Visual Performance Assessment in Military Settings

Journal Articles

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• Comprehensive Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System in Support of Astronaut Health and Performance
• Portable System to Monitor Astronaut Ocular Health and the Development of the VIIP Syndrome
• PROSPECTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN VITREOMACULAR ADHESION CURED BY PHARMACOLOGIC VITREOLYSIS
• Quantitative Analysis of Central Visual Field Defects in Macular Edema Using Three-dimensional Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Testing
• Novel 3D Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Visual Field Testing of Scotomas in Patients with Glaucoma
• Early Detection of Glaucoma by Means of a Novel 3D Computer-automated Visual Field Test
• Distinguishing Wet from Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration Using Three-dimensional Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Testing
• Three-dimensional Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Test
• Characterizing Ethambutol-induced Optic Neuropathy with a 3D Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Test
• Scotomas of Age-related Macular Degeneration Detected and Characterized by Means of a Novel Three-dimensional Computer-automated Visual Field Test
• Recent Progress in Macular Function Self-assessment
• Comprehensive Visual Field Test and Diagnosis System for Visual Performance Assessment in Military Settings

Media Releases

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• AZ Illustrated Science: 'Vision Testing Makes Its Way to Space'
• Web-based Visual Field Assessment and Diagnosis
• Adding a New Dimension to AMD Testing
• Caltech Media Relations - News Releases - "New Visual Test Devised by Caltech, USC Researchers"
• NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - "Computer Vision Test Holds Promise for Robotic Eye Doctor"
• NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Media Release - "Computer Vision Test Holds Promise for Robotic Eye Doctor"
• University of Southern California - HSC Weekly - "USC and Caltech Researchers Create Pioneering Computerized Vison Test"
• University of Southern California - Trojan Family Magazine - "In Touch with Eyesight - USC and Caltech Researchers Pioneer a Painless, Cutting-edge Computerized Vision Test"
• Digital Ophthalmologist - "Robodocs Rolling into Clinics"
• Informationweek - Business Innovation Powered by Technology - "Far-Out Eye Exams In Earthly Places"
• KCET Life and Times Tonight - "It Sounds Like Science Fiction..."
• Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online - "Computer as Eye Doctor"
• SpaceDaily - Your Portal to Space - "Robo Doc Gets An Eyefull"
• Space.com News - "Space Age Medicine: New Technology That Could Save Your Life"
• Informationweek - "Far-Out Eye Exams In Earthly Places"
• Spiegel Online - "Diagnose aus der Dose" (German)

Contributions in Refereed Journals

• Fink W, Clark JB, Reisman GE, Tarbell MA (2013) Comprehensive Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System in Support of Astronaut Health and Performance; IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, paper #2675, Big Sky, Montana
• Fink W, Hilmers DC, Tarbell MA (2014) Portable System to Monitor Astronaut Ocular Health and the Development of the VIIP Syndrome; IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, paper #2657, Big Sky, Montana
• Nazemi PP, Fink W, Sadun AA, Francis B, Minckler D (2007) Early Detection of Glaucoma by Means of a Novel 3-D Computer-automated Visual Field Test; B J Ophthalmol, doi:10.1136/bjo.2007.116103, 1331-1336
• Jivrajka RV, Kim JK, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2008) Quantitative analysis of central visual field defects in macular edema using three-dimensional computer-automated threshold Amsler grid testing; Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol DOI 10.1007/s00417-008-0971-8
• Fink W, Sadun A (2004) 3D Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Test, Journal for Biomedical Optics 2004 Jan;9(1):149-53
• Kim JK, Fahimi A, Fink W, Nazemi PP, Nguyen D, Sadun AA (2008) Characterizing Ethambutol-induced Optic Neuropathy with a 3D Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Test; Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 36(5):484-8
• Nazemi PP, Fink W, Lim JI, Sadun AA (2004) Scotomas of age-related macular degeneration detected and characterized by means of a novel three-dimentional computer-automated visual field test; Journal Retina, Jun;25(4):446-53
• Nguyen D, Fahimi A, Fink W, Nazemi PP, Kim JK, Sadun AA (2009) Novel 3-D computer-automated threshold Amsler grid visual field testing of scotomas in glaucoma patients; European Journal of Ophthalmology, 19(5):776-82
• Robison CD, Jivrajka RV, Bababeygy SR, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2011) Distinguishing wet from dry age-related macular degeneration using three-dimensional computer-automated threshold Amsler grid testing; B J Ophthalmol; bjo.2010.194886
• Fink W, You CX, Sadun AA, Tarbell MA (2010) Comprehensive Visual Field Test and Diagnosis System for Visual Performance Assessment in Military Settings; Conf Proc 27th Army Science Conference 2010, Orlando, Florida

Conference Contributions

• Lin K, Fink W, Kamjoo S, Davis M, Chang T (2013) 3-D Computer-Automated Threshold Amsler Grid to Quantify Retinal Deficits Before and After Standard Treatment of Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2013 Conference, abstract and poster presentation
• Milyutkina S, Fink W, Kovalevskaya M (2014) Method for comparative evaluation of therapeutic efficacy in dry AMD patients using 3D-CTAG; EVER (European Association for Vision and Eye Research) 2014 Conference, abstract and poster presentation
• Milyutkina S, Fink W, Kovalevskaya M (2014) Detecting recurrence of macular edema in patients with wet AMD after anti-VEGF treatment using 3D-CTAG test; EVER (European Association for Vision and Eye Research) 2014 Conference, abstract and poster presentation
• Nguyen J, Yee K, Wa C, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2014) 3D-Threshold Amsler Grid Quantification of Distortions in Macular Pucker & Vitreo-Macular Traction; AAO (American Academy of Ophthalmology) 2014 Conference, abstract and poster presentation
• Fink W (29 Aug 2013) Comprehensive Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System in Support of Astronaut Health and Performance; invited talk at NSBRI Sensorimotor Workshop on “Towards Integrated Countermeasures”, Houston, TX
• Fink W (18 Nov 2014) Worldwide-accessible Comprehensive Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System & Smartphone-based Ophthalmic Examination Devices; invited talk and participation on the Telemedicine Pioneers Panel at the Western Pennsylvania Healthcare Summit, Cranberry Township, PA
• Fink W (6 Mar 2015) 3D Visual Field Test as a Prime Example of Tele-Ophthalmology on Earth and in Space; invited speaker at the 12th Annual World Congress of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Los Angeles
• Fink W, You CX, Tarbell MA (2012) Web-accessible Visual Field Test and Analysis System for Multi-Center Studies and Touchpad Device Access; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2012 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2012 53: E-Abstract 4838, abstract and poster
• Ahmed KA, Tozer KR, Robison CD, Wang MY, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2011) Macular Dysfunction and Structure in Macular Pucker with Good Visual Acuity; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2011 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011 52: E-Abstract 6627, abstract and paper
• Tozer KR, Yee K, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2011) 3D Computerized Threshold Amsler Grid Testing Predicts IS/OS Junction Disruption in Macular Pucker, American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 22-25, 2011, abstract and poster
• Fink W, You CX, Sadun AA, Tarbell MA (2010) Comprehensive Visual Field Test and Diagnosis System for Visual Performance Assessment in Military Settings; 27th Army Science Conference 2010, Orlando, Florida, abstract and poster
• You C, Fink W (2010) Automated and Integrated Analysis and Characterization System for Visual Field Defects in 3D; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2010 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: E-Abstract 2335, abstract and poster
• Wang MY, Cuzzo LM, Robison CD, Niemeyer M, Nguyen DT, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2010) Quantifying the Effects of Macular Pucker Vitrectomy Surgery on Macular Structure and Function; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2010 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: E-Abstract 6318, abstract and poster
• Robison CD, Wang MY, Cuzzo LM, Niemeyer M, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2010) Quantitative Correlation of Macular Structure by OCT-SLO With Function Using 3-D Computerized Threshold Amsler Grid in Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Macular Pucker; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2010 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010 51: E-Abstract 6319, abstract and poster
• Robison CD, Jivrajka RV, Bababeygy SR, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2009) Distinguishing Dry vs. Wet AMD with 3-D Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Test; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2009 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009 50: E-Abstract 257, abstract and poster
• Jivrajka RV, Younessi D, Fink W, Sadun AA, Sebag J (2007) Quantitative Analysis of Central Visual Field Defects Using 3D Threshold Amsler Grid Test in Patients with Macular Edema; ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2007 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007 48: E-Abstract 5522, abstract and poster
• Fink W, Levenson H, Sadun A (2005) Visual Fields with the Amsler 3-D Grid Vision Software, 3rd Annual Symposium of Neural Hydrodynamics "Focus on Integration of Biomedical Engineering and Clinicians in Basic Neural Hydrodynamics Research", May 12-14, 2005, The University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Columbus, Ohio
• Fink W, Clark JB, Manuel K, Sadun AA (2004) Automated Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System in Space and on Earth, 75th AsMA (Aerospace Medical Association) Annual Scientific Meeting: Frontiers in Aerospace Medicine, Anchorage, Alaska, abstract and lecture; Conference Volume B121
• Fink W, Sadun AA, Clark JB (2003) Worldwide Accessible Comprehensive Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2003 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003 44: E-Abstract 55, abstract and poster
• Fink W (2003) Autonomous Visual Field Test and Diagnosis System, abstract and lecture at the NASA Medical Technology Summit: Forging Partnerships to Commercialize Emerging Medical Technologies
• Fink W, Castano R (2002) Automated Objective Characterization of Visual Field Defects in 3D, ARVO 2002 (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2002 43: E-Abstract 240, abstract and poster
• Fink W (2002) Autonomous Visual Field Test & Diagnosis System in Space and on Earth, abstract and lecture at the JPL IT Symposium 2002
• Nazemi PP, Fink W, Sadun AA, Minckler D, Francis B (2001) Early detection of glaucoma by means of a novel computer-automated 3-D visual field test, abstract, American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana, Proceedings 159, abstract and poster
• Fink W, Sadun AA (2001) Prospects for Autonomous Visual Field Testing on Space Missions, abstract, lecture and poster, NanoSpace 2001, Exploring Interdisciplinary Frontiers, The International Conference on Integrated Nano/Microtechnology for Space and Biomedical Applications, March 13-16, 2001, Houston, Texas
• Fahimi A, Sadun AA, Fink W (2001) Computer automated 3D visual field testing of scotomas in glaucoma, ARVO 2001 (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2001 42 (4) 149, abstract and poster
• Nazemi PP, Fink W, Lim JI, Sadun AA (2001) Paracentral scotomas of age-related macular degneration detected by means of a novel computer-automated 3-D visual field test, ARVO 2001 (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2001 42 (4) 705, abstract and poster
• Fink W, Hsieh AK, Sadun AA (2000) Computer-automated 3-D visual field testing in distinguishing paracentral scotomas of Optic Neuritis vs. AION, ARVO 2000 (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, abstract and poster