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COMPASS Operating Manual
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NOTES FOR THE OPERATOR
COMPASS provides capabilities for a fully automated test process. No specific skills are required
to operate the Device and a minimal, device specific, training is required to become able to operate
the system.
In particular, the operator shall be acquainted with the following concepts:
pupil: the central part of the external surface of the eye, through which light goes in;
retina: the internal surface of the eye ball;
optic disk: a specific portion of the retina characterized by a roughly circular shape and by
outgoing / incoming vessels;
fixation / fixating: the ability of a subject to stare at a specific point in space and specifically
the Device internal fixation target;
alignment: the action of moving the top part of the system so that its optics are aligned with
a sub
ject’s pupil;
focusing: the compensation, by means of internal optics, of a subject’s spherical defect
(myopia, hyperopia);
sensitivity threshold: the minimum intensity of a light stimulus that is perceived by a subject
as emerging from the background.
Acquaintance with the basic concepts of standard automated perimetry is helpful for
an effective use of some of the features of the Device and for interpretation of its
results.