MacDx Foveal Dark Adaptation

            MacDx a new adaptometer has a unique dark adaptation endpoint within the program that does not requires the patient to relocate to a second instrument following bleaching for dark adaptation endpoint determination. MacDx is a digital program designed for a graphic display device (GDD).  The protocol calls for foveal bleaching by viewing a round light on the GDD screen (iPad, iPhone, Android, etc.) for a specified time, followed by viewing a Bull's Eye target where the white center is separated from a white peripheral ring by dark ring.  The endpoint is relative, the moment the Bull's Eye center appears the same color and brightness as the peripheral ring.  The screening method is 30 second bleaching duration. 
           The following experiment measures the relationship between red stimulus duration and dark adaptation recovery of an 81-year-old healthy subject with 20/20 acuity in each eye.  In Figures 1 and 2 below are dark adaptation curves for subject AJH, right and left eyes.  Five dark adaptation endpoints were taken at each bleaching interval: 5, 30, 90, 150 and 300 seconds.  As the bleaching duration increases the foveal dark adaptation endpoints rise and the time to reach a final steady threshold value increase.
 

MacDx Dark Adaptation  Curve

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