1997;13:38891. Snellen to logMAR: logMAR = -1 * log10(snellen_frac) Snellen to ETDRS: ETDRS = 85 + 50 * log10(snellen_frac) Gregori et al.. ETDRS to logMAR: logMAR = -0.02 * etdrs + 1.7 Beck et al. #> Unclear which is the eye column. Unauthorized use of these marks is strictly prohibited. convertVA returns a vector of three classes: One of snellen, snellendec, logmar, etdrs or quali. The formula to convert Snellen visual acuity measurements to approxETDRS letter scores is 85 + 50 log (Snellen fraction), which may be rounded to . sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal [in press]. It takes an (atomic) vector with visual acuity entries as the only required argument. Normal visual acuity (which is better than 1.0 (20/20) ) is represented by negative logMAR values. Most retrospective reviews convert Snellen visual acuity measurements obtained during routine clinic visits to logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) units so that statistical manipulations can be performed. Reference values for these are customizable and can be left as CF, HM, LP and NLP (Appendix S1). 17 0 obj All Snellen and ETDRS VA measurements were converted to logMAR units for direct comparison, and the variability between measurements was calculated. When VA was assessed by subgroups, eyes with worse vision had a greater difference between Snellen and ETDRS scores: Eyes 20/25 or better were a mean +1.9 letters better on ETDRS testing, and eyes 20/160 or worse were a mean +12.6 letters better on ETDRS testing (p < .05 for both). hand movement and (no) perception of light, use logMAR ! <> Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. Therefore, Snellen matching the nearest ETDRS and logMAR value in You can use recodeye for very convenient recoding. "etdrs", "logmar" or "snellen" - ## if you only want to rename one or a few columns: #> [1] "patID" "oculus" "eyepressure" "VA", ## information on the tested dimension is included ("iop"), ## VA and eye strings are separated by underscores, #> [1] "id" "surgery_right" "surgery_left" "iop_r_preop", #> [5] "iop_r_postop" "iop_l_preop" "iop_l_postop" "va_r_preop", #> [9] "va_r_postop" "va_l_preop" "va_l_postop", ## Id and Eye are common names, there are no spaces, ## VA is separated from the rest with an underscore, ## There is an unnecessary underscore (etdrs are always letters). Results: A linear relationship exists between true ETDRS letter scores, approxETDRS letter scores, and logMAR units. Results: The etdrs values for NLP and PL are deliberately set at those values because If you are not happy with the automatic column selection, you can manually select the VA and IOP columns with the arguments va_cols or iop_cols. Description endobj Eye Michael Bach. Holladay et al.doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.01.014, Beck et al. 2009;107:31124. Decimal Snellen fractions MAR LogMAR 6m 5m 4m 3m 20ft 10ft 0.010 6/600 5/500 4/400 3/300 20/2000 10/1000 100 2.0 0.012 6/480 5/400 4/320 3/240 20/1600 10/800 80 1.92 A conversion to snellen gives a good gauge of how the visual This is then bascially a wrapper around cleanVA. As each row grew smaller, the amount of space between each row decreased. Article vector of va class. Efficacy of small-incision lenticule extraction surgery in high astigmatism: A meta-analysis. Front Med (Lausanne). Convert Snellen to logMAR Snellen numerator: Snellen denominator: Convert logMAR to Snellen logMAR: Usage: In addition to interactive use of the calculator, links to the calculator may contain either logMAR or Snellen values that will be automatically evaluated. Basically the opposite of myop() - a slightly intelligent wrapper around tidyr::pivot_longer() and tidyr::pivot_wider(). Charles RC, Frost NA. Next convert the metric distance to a foot equivalent. According to The New York Times, he asked Dr. Snellen to make the chart. Search for Similar Articles Eye. MeSH Off. In the era of big data, there needs to be an efficient way of tidying up data to facilitate analysis. Mean value for Snellen Visual Acuity was 0.043 and that of ETDRS was 0.02365 LogMAR. Arguments to eyes_to_string are passed via : eyestr will create a string which you can paste into a report. Then the column names can consist of eye strings only. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy. In the clinical setting, there is still a mixed use of Snellen acuity charts and ETDRS acuity charts. Trabelsi O, Bouladi M, Ouertani A, Trabelsi A. Clin Ophthalmol. CAS endobj The Snellen visual acuity notation was developed by Hermann Snellen in 1862, during the time of the Civil War. Please always check the result for plausibility. Usage which_va(). If you have columns with VA or IOP that contain only 0 and 1 for example (which is unlikely, but not impossible), you can just set, Getting the new names based on the indices of the columns, Creating a vector of expected new names for the summary after myopization, Do not use numeric coding for eyes in column names, Separate eye and VA and IOP codes with underscores (bcva_l_preop, VA_r, left_va, IOP_re), Dont use underscores when you dont need to: Consider each section divided by an underscore as a relevant characteristic of your variable. The chart was developed at the National Vision Research Institute of Australia in 1976, and is designed to enable a more accurate estimate of acuity than do other charts (e.g., the Snellen chart). The ETDRS chart is the chart used most often in clinical research. proposed the line scoring method [3]. More recently, the LogMAR chart has been introduced into clinical practice. Kaiser [4] described how he prepared for statistical analysis by converting the Snellen fraction to logMAR. <> Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. eye is dedicated to facilitate ophthalmic research, providing convenient application programming interfaces (API) for common tasks: eye includes a visual acuity conversion chart. Could be snellen, logmar, snellendec, etdrs, #> 6x NA introduced for: 0.8, 34, , ., -, NULL, #> [1] "20/20000" NA NA "20/400" "20/2000" "20/50", #> [7] NA NA NA NA, #> 8x NA introduced for: 34, 3/60, 2/200, 20/50, , ., -, NULL, #> [1] "20/20000" "20/25" NA NA NA NA, #> 8x NA introduced for: 0.8, 3/60, 2/200, 20/50, , ., -, NULL, #> [1] "20/20000" NA "20/200" NA NA NA, #> [1] "20/20000" "20/125" NA NA NA NA, ## "plus/minus" entries are converted to the most probable threshold (any spaces allowed), ## or evaluating them as logmar values (each optotype equals 0.02 logmar), ## or you can also decide to completely ignore them (converting them to the nearest snellen value in the VA chart), #> [1] "20/200" "20/20" "20/50" "20/20" "20/32", #> [1] "r" "r" "r" "r" "l" "l" "l" "l" "b" "b", #> [1] "od" "od" "od" "od" "os" "os" "os" "os" "ou" "ou", #> Missing values and/or meaningless strings contained, ## If you are using different strings to code for eyes, e.g., you are using a different language, you can change this either with the "eyestrings" argument, ## or change it more globally with `set_eye_strings`, # to restore the default, call set_eye_strings empty. the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in The notation will be detected automatically and converted to the desired notation. . In order to calculate with qualitative entries counting fingers, Schulze-Bonsel et al. The mean and range of testing times were: ETDRS 34.65 (9.38-80.18) seconds, cRLM 21.17 (5-40) seconds, Snellen 18.67 (3-35.56) seconds. ignoring plus/minus entries and just returning the 5 0 obj doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01825-1, Hand movements and counting fingers are converted following This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Please enable scripts and reload this page. numeric (for logMAR), or integer (for ETDRS). Even more so, as the given conditions should work for charts with 4 or 5 optotypes in a line, and visual acuity is not always tested on such charts. Qualitative visual acuity lower than counting fingers is assigned 0 Real Life Multicenter Comparison of 24-Month Outcomes of Anti-VEGF Therapy in Diabetic Macular Edema in Turkey: Ranibizumab vs. Aflibercept vs. Ranibizumab-Aflibercept Switch. To which Snellen notation to convert: "m", "dec" or "ft", how +/- entries are evaluated. Data is temporarily unavailable. You can also more globally change recognized codes with set_eye_strings(). It uses an S3 generic under the hood with methods for atomic vectors, data frames, and lists of either atomic vectors or data frames. Either of character (for Snellen, snellendec, and qualitative), This will remove all entries that are certainly no VA. va() (and of course, its wrappers) cleans and converts visual acuity notations (classes) between Snellen (decimal, meter and feet), ETDRS, and logMAR. endobj Google Scholar. considered an exact science and any attempt to use formulas will result This can compromise data quality and accuracy of outcomes. 2023 Jan 27;23(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12886-023-02790-y. We successfully present an excel spreadsheet method to easily and efficiently convert Snellen visual acuity to LogMAR visual acuity. Please always keep a critical mind when working with data - if you do get results that seem implausible, there may be a chance that the data is in an unfortunate shape for which eye may not be suitable. Each class can be converted from one to another. Eye . Proper method for calculating average visual acuity. You have full access to this article via your institution. Overall, 76.6% of eyes correctly identified more letters with the ETDRS chart. However, visual acuity measurements expressed as logMAR units are not intuitively interpretable by clinicians. 10.1016/s0002-9394 (02)01825-1 A Snellen score of 6/6 (20/20), indicating that an observer can resolve details as small as 1 minute of visual angle, corresponds to a LogMAR of 0 (since the base-10 logarithm of 1 is 0); a Snellen score of 6/12 (20/40), indicating an observer can resolve details as small as 2 minutes of visual angle, corresponds to a LogMAR of 0.3 (since the entries equivalent to 0.02 logmar. The interconversion between Snellen visual acuity measurements, logMAR units, and approxETDRS letter scores was prepared in a tabular form for easy reference. va_methods, equivalent to 0.02 logmar (assuming 5 letters in a row in a chart), NA is assigned to strings such as "." We present an excel spreadsheet formula to convert Snellen visual acuity to logMAR acuity. Notation for qualitative entries is simplified (NPL becomes NLP, PL becomes LP). ContentAdmin Dr. Hermann Snellen's chart standardized vision testing and established a reliable process of diagnosis in its time. A logMAR chart (Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution) is a chart consisting of rows of letters that is used by ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists, and vision scientists to estimate visual acuity. Conversion of Snellen visual acuity to LogMAR visual acuity. In a retrospective chart review, Yu et al. Snellen Notation (logMAR to Snellen conversion for 65 letters): 20/50. 18 0 obj ePd*D _@!(N|u!0!gL0F6?%='=N]baTcdCA?$wdEBjFOV{cP0 |1?28SjVH*5)y91M3z-wfr?X}wIt.,U3[,{x|.27w"FX`K K W;I D{c2drIDn?jokscrMjc-"Xv5Z3&p{-w/UnS200ue0 `8=e&"1w+8CE~2y'f%k>-$Ge;TGO^5EJ}bEBn>b%;-+k7, 6#:(ku(\EJcbCpsQu+1zhYmTGXLv"iQ=(6-Vc+)&RZ(Vd|FuiQM+EJ}bEj![XVU+1uY[(Vu+1+!E7\E=T@P[iTn'4]eQP'\]O[+#WFOIu >JI5)9Ejz1_h*:N7bg0ke rxn they are unlikely to happen by chance as a wrong entry (and as integers), Any element which is implausible/ not recognized will be converted to NA. Correspondence to The results of this study suggest that for both clinical and research purposes, both Snellen and ETDRS can be used interchangeably. To Snellen: <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Accepted VA formats / Plausibility checks Roser DA, Laidlaw DAH, Murdoch IE. Mean patient age was 62.8 years (range, 25-93 years), and there was a mean of 27.2 days between measurements. However, back-conversion should not be Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. Any fractions allowed. Either of character (for Snellen, snellendec, and qualitative), It will return a list object which gives you easy access to the data. va() will detect the class automatically based on specific rules detailed below. If NULL (default), will simply "clean up" VA entries. The formula to convert Snellen visual acuity measurements to approxETDRS letter scores is 85 + 50 x log (Snellen fraction), which may be rounded to the nearest letter. 9 0 obj BCVA Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). unambiguous value to visual acuity, with non-arbitrary thresholds based on psychometric functions. any case allowed. Methods: Most retrospective reviews convert Snellen visual acuity measurements obtained during routine clinic visits to logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) units so that statistical manipulations can be performed. Or, arguably more appropriate in R, character coding for a categorical variable: you can change those codes with set_eye_strings(). Christina Lim. This chart is included in the package as va_chart. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394 (02)01825-1 Hand movements and counting fingers are converted following Schulze-Bonsel et al. From the laboratory to the clinic. ETDRS letter, in order to keep it as a measurement (not: NA). 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Calling va() without specifying the to argument will simply clean the visual acuity entries - any notations will be accepted, no plausibility checks yet performed. if one of CF, HM, LP, PL, NLP, or NPL: Snellen fractions (meter/ feet) need to be entered as fraction with /. 1 0 obj FALSE: #> Specify eye column with "eye_col" argument, #> patid sex age avdays_induc ethnicity loaded time injgiven va regimen, #> , #> 1 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 0 TRUE 0.30 ranibi, #> 2 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 28 TRUE 0.30 ranibi, #> 3 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 56 TRUE 0.30 ranibi, #> 4 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 91 TRUE 0.40 ranibi, #> 5 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 131 TRUE 0.46 ranibi, #> 6 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 173 TRUE 0.40 ranibi, #> 7 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 236 TRUE 0.50 ranibi, #> 8 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 278 TRUE 0.50 ranibi, #> 9 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 411 TRUE 0.60 ranibi, #> 10 id_1 m 60-69 28 se_asian TRUE 453 TRUE 0.54 ranibi, #> # with 118,245 more rows, and 1 more variable: pre2013 , #> [1] "name" "oculus" "eyepressure" "vision". eye works smoother with tidy data, and with good names (any package does, really!). VA chart Factors Contributing to Discrepancy Between Visual Acuity Fractions Derived From a Snellen Chart and Letter Scores on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Chart. . myop will work reliably if you adhere to the following: An exception is when there is only one column for each eye. ## automatic detection of VA notation and converting to logMAR by default, #> [1] "20/320" "20/80" "20/32" "20/70", ## And the decimal snellen notation, so much loved in Germany, ## Remove weird entries and implausible entries depending on the VA choice, #> From snellen. Snellen visual acuity measurements were converted to approximate ETDRS (approxETDRS) letter scores for statistical manipulations and then converted back to Snellen equivalent fractions. Outside of the U.S., eye doctors may use a logMAR visual scale or a similar scale to the Snellen visual chart in which they measure vision in . may email you for journal alerts and information, but is committed Rosser et al. NhNxJ*6~+a2""7oPTpc$N0>6o?#',pzz\$B] 2c<NR#F6`+5a'I0w /5ap0EfQa\JMX"2-r$'I;mzL&!D .3aO*3aOI:?tHGdc %gLT"M?npz&~r=e`V1$%#2 Better just "VA", #> [1] "Id" "Eye" "FollowupDays" "BaselineAge", #> [5] "Gender" "VA_ETDRS_Letters" "InjectionNumber". Ignored if the value should not be plausible. A linear relationship exists . You may search for similar articles that contain these same keywords or you may Publishers note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. If NULL (default), will simply "clean up" VA entries. 2014 Sep-Oct;3(5):277-85. doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000007. The mean BCVA in decimal notation was 0.970.15 and 0.970.18 with the Snellen and ETDRS charts, respectively (P =0.78). 16 0 obj Our data set consists of 100 patients who underwent corneal collagen cross linking. They will be recoded to r and l, Myopization: The actual work is done with, All columns with an eye string at first position will be selected pivoted to two long colums (, Identification of the index of the VA and IOP columns, Character columns if they are not coding for Snellen fractions or qualitative visual acuity, Those with unique values in the range of the vector defined by the argument fct_level. set out to compare the variability between the two measurements of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). However, LogMAR is actually a notation of vision loss. Methods: Snellen visual acuity measurements were converted to approximate ETDRS (approxETDRS) letter scores for statistical manipulations and then converted back to Snellen equivalent fractions. va_mixed(), which_va(). ?myop for help, #> From etdrs. Your message has been successfully sent to your colleague. Accessibility entries equivalent to 0.02 logmar. Visual acuity is a vital outcome measure in determining efficacy of treatments and interventions in ophthalmology. You can get creative with your snellens. plausibility_methods, 2009 Dec;107:311-24. stream This is a simple function and should not require much explanation. % or "", "n/a" or " ". acuity for the patients are. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01825-1, Hand movements and counting fingers are converted following males. Read about tidyselection. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01825-1. Download Visual Acuity for macOS 10.9 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. Holladay et al.doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.01.014, Beck et al. hand movement and (no) perception of light, use logMAR ! 8 0 obj The Bailey-Lovie chart was also designed to be scored in logMAR units, making it easier to convert results based upon various viewing distances. endobj Purpose: The formula to convert Snellen visual acuity measurements to approxETDRS letter scores is 85 + 50 x log (Snellen fraction), which may be rounded to the nearest letter. Thank you for visiting nature.com. Of the five conditions evaluateddiabetic retinopathy (DR) with diabetic macular edema (DME), DR without DME, wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), dry AMD, and retinal vein occlusiononly those eyes that had DR without DME did not show a significant difference between VA scores. This is less intuitive than other VA notations. A more intuitive approach is presented here which uses the conversion of Snellen visual acuity fractions to Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) letter scores for statistical manipulations. LogMAR charts have a number of advantages over Snellen charts and have become the gold standard method for assessing visual acuity. snellen_steps, Other patents pending. - https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.05-0981, (No) light perception are converted following the suggestions by See also Examples. Snellen "+/-" entries Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Snellen fractions need to be entered with "/". Firstly, each letter was scored using linear interpolation. PubMed Central However, if you adhere to the naming conventions, blink (and myop) will do a great job for you. Therefore, transforming +/- notation to actual results is in itself problematic and the below suggestion to convert it will remain an approximation to the most likely true result. FOIA Before 2010 Mar;30(2):200-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00700.x. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. endobj "etdrs", "logmar", "snellen" or "snellendec". The name was chosen because its a contraction of eyes and strings and its a tiny bit easier to type than eyetxt. Character vectors will be omitted (and it should give a warning that it has done so). Google Scholar. 2023 Jan 19;9:1100241. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1100241. Must be atomic. Their revised chart included the same amount of letters on each line, a standardization of legibility, and equidistant rows, to name just a few adjustments. All told, 413 patients (773 eyes) met the inclusion criteria for this study. This may then result in a vector of "mixed" VA notations. Tiew S, Lim C, Sivagnanasithiyar T. Using an excel spreadsheet to convert Snellen visual acuity to LogMAR visual acuity. 3,575,655. ## `eye` won't be able to recognize IOP and VA columns, ## But `eye` will fail to understand those variable names, #> eye surgery var mean sd n min max, #> 1 left SLT iop_preop 34.0 NA 1 34 34, #> 2 left SLT iop_postop 14.0 NA 1 14 14, #> 3 left SLT va_preop 44.0 NA 1 44 44, #> 4 left SLT va_postop 48.0 NA 1 48 48, #> 5 right SLT iop_preop 23.5 0.7 2 23 24, #> 6 right SLT iop_postop 13.5 0.7 2 13 14, #> 7 right SLT va_preop 43.5 0.7 2 43 44, #> 8 right SLT va_postop 47.5 0.7 2 47 48, #> 9 left TE iop_preop 32.0 1.0 3 31 33, #> 10 left TE iop_postop 12.0 1.0 3 11 13, #> 11 left TE va_preop 42.0 1.0 3 41 43, #> 12 left TE va_postop 46.0 1.0 3 45 47, #> 13 right TE iop_preop 21.5 0.7 2 21 22, #> 14 right TE iop_postop 11.5 0.7 2 11 12, #> 15 right TE va_preop 41.5 0.7 2 41 42, #> 16 right TE va_postop 45.5 0.7 2 45 46, ## If no second date given, the age today, ## If the second argument is specified, the age until then, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01825-1, https://doi.org/10.1097/iae.0b013e3181d87e04, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.01.014. Correspondence to The Snellen chart, which dates back to 1862, is also commonly used to estimate visual acuity. Any fractions allowed. Internet Explorer). VA classes The value of each letter was calculated by dividing. Snellen fractions (meter/ feet) need to be entered as fraction with Eye 34, 21482149 (2020). 2020;43:21489. Am J Ophthalmol. 10 0 obj Any element which is implausible/ not recognized will be converted to NA. We measured their. JAMA Ophthalmol. volume36,page 1708 (2022)Cite this article, This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution, Receive 18 print issues and online access, Get just this article for as long as you need it, Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout. The interconversion between Snellen visual acuity measurements, logMAR units, and approxETDRS letter scores was prepared in a tabular form for easy reference. See names and codes If there is already a column called eye or eyes, myop will not make any changes - because the data is then already assumed to be in long format. A linear relationship exists between true ETDRS letter scores, approxETDRS letter scores, and logMAR units. Conversion of Snellen visual acuity fractions to approxETDRS letter scores for the purpose of performing statistical manipulations provides more readily interpretable outcomes compared with the current strategy of converting Snellen visual acuity fractions to logMAR units. J Refractive Surg. Switching to brolucizumab: injection intervals and visual, anatomical and safety outcomes at 12 and 18months in real-world eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. in Snellen. The same outcomes (in Snellen fractions) were obtained with statistical manipulation of either approxETDRS letter scores or logMAR conversions. In ETDRS charts, the Sloan letters are used (Sloan letters are perfectly square approximately equally legible one from another), while the BaileyLovie chart used rectangular (5:4) letters based on the Transport typeface, as set out in British Standard 4274:1968.[1]. official website and that any information you provide is encrypted <> Thus, the authors said, the specific retinal disease state and extent of edema may play a role in the variability between the measurements. Gregori, Ninel Z MD*; Feuer, William MS*; Rosenfeld, Philip J MD, PhD*. 1 for an example of our spreadsheet. No. o$eP.2F-F}G~fLhIHEoCZwByF9TIW&NM].aBM'?l!]Rh&Jlvg=` A-=x3=C;i{K!ggHIww#+ y"coI i Pl".a]:9!S"8`[0+e)]0TX jtv`wlox\6[Tp)A::"C|(C=g"qy#HUh.=_d#.J]{i\1/BRgiEiFef{zQZzKJ3bP>[#U} r@O8;[zt-)EP=lkC,y}rwvHc'KPRS qc+Hqm EX_+|IpE#l iYi6X"N{p0#!OPBV?#',pWE#>I>][BdMG?=Awr,3A.~Ji(Oi([it5x\S$(;aO=}QQ##Llq6C=> Snellen-Logmar Calculator. will force to evaluate from which notation to convert - Must be For entries with mixed notation, use va_mixed instead. 2 0 obj eCollection 2023. Ignored if the value should not be plausible. PubMedGoogle Scholar. You can get creative with your snellens. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Eyes were included if a Snellen VA measurement was performed at the visit preceding the initial trial screening and VA was better than counting fingers. Therefore, we recommend the following for data entry in excel. Zero LogMAR indicates standard vision, positive values indicates poor vision, and negative values indicates good vision. Letter Score logMAR Snellen Equivaent 0-3 1.70-1.64 <20/800 4 to 8 1.62-1.54 20/800 9 to 13 1.52-1.44 20/640 14 to 18 1.42-1.34 20/500 The ETDRS chart is fully accessible on modern computerized vision testing systems, thanks to Dr. Bailey and Dr. Lovies work to create a more accurate chart! The cluster of optotypes as row space decreased would produce the crowding phenomenon, which has been shown to cause inaccurate acuity measurements. All Snellen and ETDRS VA measurements were converted to logMAR units for direct comparison, and the variability between measurements was calculated. All told, 413 patients (773 eyes) met the inclusion criteria for this study. x\M6/@}dh=-C%96%FdVD_?n\uBi^/.h:G`}}p:`D-5G 8!H#oRT~oR}'xHry176F{0#yx[iLL!jP"G%*/o$:a m71m]G?B&!M+_\L]/ZwKvw*/*5QRNEHc3WGk^.ST If you have different codes, you can change the recognized strings with the eyestrings argument, which needs to be a list. Would you like email updates of new search results? [1] Each line of the LogMAR chart comprises the same number of test letters (effectively standardizing the test across letter size); the letter size change from one line to the next is a constant ratio, as is the spacing between lines (making the chart easy to use at nonstandard viewing distances).