Comprehensive Summary
This study utilizes a real-time video-based gaze tracking system to measure the visual angle of patients with abducens nerve palsy using the artificial intelligence (AI)- based GENICULA system. This is a cross-sectional study, with sampling initiated in the Neuro-ophthalmology department at Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Each participant met the stated exclusion and inclusion criteria. The GENICULA system measured the visual angles with an eye tracker webcam. The Mann-Whitney test was then used to quantify the difference in visual angle improvement between the control eye group (visual angle 23.10 ± 2.91) and the participant group with abducens nerve palsy (visual angle 20.88 ± 3.76). Out of the total 39 participants (17 male, 22 female), there was a significant improvement in visual angles for participants before and after treatment for abducens nerve palsy (P=0.039). Implications for the Medical Community
Outcomes and Implications
Abducens nerve palsy is a disorder that results in the inability or weakness to move one or both eyes outward, which causes double vision (diplopia). With the AI-based GENICULA system/Gaze Tracking Artificial Intelligence for Ocular Motor Palsy, physicians can diagnose subtle deviations that are common in patients with abducens nerve palsy. With the adoption of the GENICULA system, there is the possibility of increased accuracy and efficiency in diagnosing abducens nerve palsy.