The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of two psychophysical contrast sensitivity tests, one based on a computerized system - FVC 100 - and the other based on printed charts - VCTS 6500, both using the discrimination of sinusoidal grating orientation under photopic adaptation. Altogether, 45 eyes of 23 people with ages ranging from 28 to 70 years were tested in this study. Subjects were recruited in an Ophthalmological Service to which they went looking for medical supervision or consult. Taking the clinical criterion as a reference, the results show that of the 23 subjects, both systems correctly identify 16 cases, in five cases (10 eyes) only the FVC 100 performed well, whereas in two cases this system did not detect the visual problem and the VCTS 6500 did. Considering the obtained data, a better performance of the computerized system can be observed, pointing out the need to keep working in order to obtain a contrast sensitivity atlas which takes into account the different visual pathologies.
Contrast sensitivity; Normal values; Visual psychophysics; Eye test
