Tab.1 - Degree of difficulty of Sloan letters (% CORRECTED AT THRESHOLD

#

S

O

C

D

K

V

R

H

N

Z

%

70.6

71.0

71.4

79.5

82.1

84.6

86.3

89.3

91.6

94.0

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Tab.2 Distance test, 4 m (20 ft)

Conversion table (sizes in steps of 0.1 logUnit) 

Snellen Ratio

Decimal Acuity

M.A.R.

log. M.A.R.

Stroke Size

Optotype Size

Relative Size

4 m.

20 ft.

Decimal ratio

 

min. of arc

log Unit

mm.

mm.

x

4/40

20/200

1/10

0.10

10

1.0

11.64

58.20

40

4/32

20/160

1.2/10

0.12

7.94

0.9

9.24

46.23

32

4/25

20/125

1.6/10

0.16

6.31

0.8

7.34

36.72

25

4/20

20/100

2/10

0.20

5.01

0.7

5.83

29.17

20

4/16

20/80

2.5/10

0.25

3.98

0.6

4.63

23.17

16

4/12.6

20/63

3.2/10

0.32

3.16

0.5

3.68

18.40

12.6

4/10

20/50

4/10

0.40

2.51

0.4

2.92

14.62

10

4/8

20/40

5/10

0.50

1.99

0.3

2.32

11.61

8

4/6.3

20/32

6.5/10

0.65

1.58

0.2

1.84

9.22

6.3

4/5

20/25

8/10

0.80

1.25

0.1

1.47

7.33

5

4/4

20/20

10/10

1.00

1

0.0

1.16

5.82

4

4/3.2

20/16

12/10

1.20

0.79

- 0.1

0.92

4.62

3.2

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Tab.3 Near chart, 40 cm (16 inch).

Conversion Table (sizes in steps of 0.1 logUnit) 

 

Equivalent Snellen Ratio (metres)

 

Snellen Ratio (centimetres)

 

Snellen Ratio (inches)

 

Decimal acuity

 

Log. MAR

 

Sloan M system

4/100

40/1000

20/500

0.04

1.4

10

4/80

40/800

20/400

0.05

1.3

8.0

4/60

40/600

20/300

0.06

1.2

6.4

4/50

40/500

20/250

0.08

1.1

5.0

4/40

40/400

20/200

0.10

10

4.0

4/30

40/300

20/150

0.13

0.9

3.2

4/25

40/250

20/125

0.15

0.8

2.5

4/20

40/200

20/100

0.20

0.7

2.0

4/16

40/160

20/80

0.25

0.6

1.6

4/12

40/120

20/60

0.30

0.5

1.25

4/10

40/100

20/50

0.40

0.4

1.0

4/8

40/80

20/40

0.50

0.3

0.8

4/6

40/60

20/30

0.65

0.2

0.6

4/5

40/50

20/25

0.80

0.1

0.5

4/4

40/40

20/20

1.00

0.0

0.4

4/3

40/30

20/15

1.30

-0.1

0.3

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Tab.3b Sloan M System conversion

 

Equivalent Snellen Ratio (metres)

 

Snellen Ratio (centimetres)

 

Decimal acuity

 

Log. MAR

 

Sloan M system

4/100

40/1000

0.04

1.4

10

4/80

40/800

0.05

1.3

8.0

4/60

40/600

0.06

1.2

6.4

4/50

40/500

0.08

1.1

5.0

4/40

40/400

0.10

10

4.0

4/30

40/300

0.13

0.9

3.2

4/25

40/250

0.15

0.8

2.5

4/20

40/200

0.20

0.7

2.0

4/16

40/160

0.25

0.6

1.6

4/12

40/120

0.30

0.5

1.25

4/10

40/100

0.40

0.4

1.0

4/8

40/80

0.50

0.3

0.8

4/6

40/60

0.65

0.2

0.6

4/5

40/50

0.80

0.1

0.5

4/4

40/40

1.00

0.0

0.4

4/3

40/30

1.30

-0.1

0.3

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Tab.4 Percentage of the identifications corrected

for guessingby mean of Abbott Formula.

Number of optotypes

(n)

Number of presentations

(N)

Number of mistakes

(M)

% of identifications

(I)

% of correct identifications

(CI)

4

4

1

75%

66%

4

5

1

80%

73%

4

6

2

60%

46%

4

7

2

71%

62%

10

5

2

60%

55%

10

7

2

71%

68%

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Tab.5 - Low vision.

Conversion table logMAR/Snellen ratio. 

 

Distance

Log.MAR

Snellen ratio

 

(meters)

 

 

Log Units

 

4 meters

 

20 feets

 

Decimal ratio

4

1.0

4/40

20/200

1/10

3,2

1.1

4/50

20/250

1/12

2,5

1.2

4/63

20/320

1/16

2,0

1.3

4/80

20/400

1/20

1,6

1.4

4/100

20/500

1/25

1,3

1.5

4/125

20/630

1/30

1,0

1.6

4/160

20/800

1/40

0,8

1.7

4/200

20/1000

1/50

0,6

1.8

4/250

20/1250

1/62

0,5

1.9

4/320

20/1600

1/80

0,4

2.0

4/400

20/2000

1/100

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