AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION

摘要

Apparatus (1) for use in a method for psychiatric evaluation comprises: memory means (4) for holding a store of pre-selected images; display means (12) for displaying a succession of said images to a patient; eye tracking means (6) for tracking eye movement of a patient; recording means (8) for recording eye movement data corresponding to a patient's eye movement in response to the display of said succession of images; control means (2) for controlling the display means to display the images to the patient, and for controlling the recording means to record said eye movement data and displayed image data; and evaluation means (10) for evaluating said eye movement data and displayed image data for use in identifying a psychiatric profile of the patient.

主权项

1. Apparatus for use in a method for psychiatric evaluation comprising:
memory means for holding a store of pre-selected images; display means for displaying a succession of said images to a patient; eye tracking means for tracking eye movement of the patient; recording means for recording eye movement data corresponding to a patient's eye movement in response to the display of said succession of images (and for recording displayed image data corresponding to the images displayed by the display means); control means for controlling the display means to display the images to the patient in a predetermined order and for a predetermined period of time, and for controlling the recording means to record said eye movement data and displayed image data over said period of time; and evaluation means for evaluating said eye movement data and displayed image data to produce a first results data set for use, in combination of a second results data set obtainable from performing one or more of smooth pursuit tests, fixation test and saccade tests, in identifying a psychiatric profile of the patient.