Predicting Letter Acuity Using Vernier-Induced OKN and Consumer-Grade Cameras.

StudyOphthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)· May 2026

Predicting Letter Acuity Using Vernier-Induced OKN and Consumer-Grade Cameras.

Jinyou Zou, Huan Li, Zhikuan Yang, Weizhong Lan

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An eye-movement-based test accurately detects reduced visual acuity worse than 0.50 logMAR.

Predicting Letter Acuity Using Vernier-Induced OKN and Consumer-Grade Cameras.

Jinyou Zou … Weizhong Lan

Ophthalmic & physiological optics · May 2026 · Q1 in Ophthalmology

Purpose

Optokinetic nystagmus (optokinetic nystagmus) is used for objective visual acuity assessment, but precise quantification remains challenging and requires specialised eye trackers.

Methods

Thirty-nine adults completed uncorrected monocular testing (letter acuity: -0.10 to 1.00logMAR).

Results

test very accurately identified eyes with vision worse than the cutoff

Eye tracker

0.97AUC

USB camera

0.95AUC

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Subjective letter acuity showed strong correlations with relative optokinetic nystagmus indexes from the eye tracker (r = 0.82, p < 0.001) and USB camera (r = 0.76, p < 0.001) recordings, and their letter acuity predictions had mean absolute errors of 0.15 and 0.16 logMAR, respectively.

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Conclusion

This study provides proof-of-concept for applying optokinetic nystagmus-based vernier acuity measurement in adults with or without eye trackers, although extension to a paediatric cohorts requires future investigation.

Predicting Letter Acuity Using Vernier-Induced OKN and Consumer-Grade Cameras.

Predicting Letter Acuity Using Vernier-Induced OKN and Consumer-Grade Cameras.

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