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Visual field tests Vi s ual fi el d t es t s The following visual field tests are available with the Henson 9000 Multiple Stimulus Supra-Thresho ld Choose this if speed is important. It is approximately twice as fast as the Single Stimulus supra- threshold strategy in patients with little or no defect.
Henson Perimeter User Manual Supra- t hreshold t est s There are two different supra-threshold tests provided with the Henson 9000 software, single multiple stimulus: Both incorporate several levels of testing. Both can be run in an age-related or threshold-related mode.
Visual field tests Blin d s p o t 3 .2 .1 At the beginning of a ZATA test the Henson 9000 searches for the eye's blind spot. It starts off by presenting a Supra-Threshold stimulus at the most likely location of the blind spot.
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Ent ering t he pat ient 's dat e of birt h The Henson 9000 requires the operator to enter the patient's Date of Birth at the beginning of each test. Click over the correct day, month and year using the vertical sliders when necessary and then click Enter.
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Henson Perimeter User Manual F ixat ion t arget s The Henson 9000 has two fixation targets: A small central red spot. Four peripheral spots located 6 degrees from the central point along the 0, 90, 180 and 270 meridians. The four peripheral spots are provided for patients who have lost central vision.
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General information Video c amera 4.12 The Henson 9000 is fitted with a video camera for monitoring a patient's fixation. To adjust the camera settings: 1.Click to display controls (Shown above with blue background). 2.Drag the brightness and contrast sliders to the desired level.
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The default location is: C:\Henson9000\data\fld8.db The Henson 9000 also saves a backup copy. This backup copy must be on a different storage device (e.g. external disc or network drive). The location of backup copy is also defined in the Options file.
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Henson Perimeter User Manual Changing t he ac t iv e dat abase The Henson 9000 can access and use many different database tables. Each one might contain data from a specific study, or a group of patients. On start-up the...
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Database program Image f iles The Henson 9000 creates a copy of the printout when a record is saved. The format of this image file will depend on the options set. The default is Jpeg but DICOM images can also be stored.
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Progression Analy sis 6.10 In 2015 a new version of the Henson 9000 database software introduced an option to plot any change that may have occurred in a patient visual field. To undertake a change analysis you first need to...
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Appendix 1 - 9000 Technical specification Appendi x 1 - 9000 Techni cal s peci fi cat i on The Henson 9000 is a Central field Perimeter which is controlled from a PC running a Windows™ compatible Operating system. It includes a series of...
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Appendi x 2 - 9000 Connect i on det ai l s The picture below shows the rear panel and connections of the Henson 9000 The fuses are located in a drawer under the mains power plug on the left hand side of the rear panel.
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The Manufacturer will make available, on request and at its discretion, circuit diagrams, component part lists, descriptions, calibration instructions, or other information that will assist Service Personnel to repair those parts of the Henson 9000 that are designated by the Manufacturer as repairable by Service Personnel. C alibratio n It is recommended that the unit has a calibration check once a year to ensure it is within acceptable limits.
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Henson Perimeter User Manual Bac kground out of t oleranc e 12.1 The Henson 9000 incorporates special sensors within the bowl which continually maintain the background luminance at the correct level. If this intensity cannot be maintained at the beginning of an examination, an error message will be displayed.
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Start-up screen opens up a window that shows the version number of the current software. In addition it gives a link to the web site of Elektron Technology - the manufacturers of the Henson range of perimeters and a second link to a file that gives details of the software License.
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If the computer running your Practice Management software is directly connected to the Henson 9000 and has the facility for programmable buttons. It can use them to run the Henson tests directly without exiting the practice management software or using the Henson main menu.
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