Steps toward Low Vision Rehabilitation

Low Vision Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Low Vision Algorithm

This article focuses on the rehabilitation of people with low vision, concretely on people with central or multiple loss of vision, and the use of new technological devices to assist them in their daily life by improving their ability to see in a better way the world around them, either virtual or real. This particular case refers to users with impaired vision, and the use of digital image proc...

Steps toward a Cognitive Vision System

opments in a real-world scene can be taken as proof of “understanding what is going on.” An algorithmic system that generates natural language descriptions from video recordings of road traffic scenes can be said to “understand” its input to the extent that algorithmically generated text is acceptable to the humans judging it. A fuzzy metrictemporal Horn logic (FMTHL) provides a formalism for r...

Including occupational therapy in low vision rehabilitation.

An estimated 3 milhon Americans are currently hvmg wIth low v[Sion, a number that is expected to increase to 6 million bv the year 2030 (Orr, 1992) The majority of these persons are older and generally otherwise healthy adults struggling to maintain their independence and remain In their own homes (Orr, 1992). They are not blind and most will never completely lose their vision, but their lives ...

Low Vision Rehabilitation in Older Adults

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnosis distribution, low vision rehabilitation methods and utilization of low vision rehabilitation in partially sighted persons over 65 years old. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred thirty-nine partially sighted geriatric patients aged 65 years or older were enrolled to the study between May 2012 and September 2013. Patients' age, gender and the distribution of d...