The Effect of Experience on Visual Search Patterns in Retinal Imaging Analysis.

IF 0.9 4区医学 Q4 OPHTHALMOLOGY

Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.3928/23258160-20250228-03

Puranjay Gupta, Neil Sheth, Reem AlAhmadi, Xincheng Yao, Michael J Heiferman

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Abstract

Background and objective: The increasing use of retinal diagnostic imaging necessitates a standardized viewing technique. This study investigates visual search patterns among ophthalmologists at various experience levels using eye-tracking technology.

Patients and methods: Participants included postgraduate year 2, 3, and 4 residents, retina fellows, and attending ophthalmologists, who analyzed fundus images while their eye movements were tracked.

Results: Results indicated that attendings had shorter fixation durations (0.15 ± 0.04 seconds) and saccade lengths (0.06° ± 0.01°), indicating faster image information processing than novice physicians. Experts also analyzed a higher proportion of the image area (49.43% ± 7.34%) and possessed a global-focal search pattern, suggesting increased thoroughness.

Conclusion: Experts in ophthalmology demonstrate gaze characteristics that reflect faster image processing and a more thorough analysis of diagnostic imaging. We recommend that residents be taught a standardized method for image interpretation that emulates expert analysis through a disc-macula-vessel-periphery sequence with radial sweeps. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2025;56:XX-XX.].

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Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina OPHTHALMOLOGY-SURGERY

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期刊介绍： OSLI Retina focuses exclusively on retinal diseases, surgery and pharmacotherapy. OSLI Retina will offer an expedited submission to publication effort of peer-reviewed clinical science and case report articles. The front of the journal offers practical clinical and practice management features and columns specific to retina specialists. In sum, readers will find important peer-reviewed retina articles and the latest findings in techniques and science, as well as informative business and practice management features in one journal.