WEBbasedscoringsoftwarefortheFarnsworthMunsell100Hue,Roth28

Hue,FarnsworthD15,andtheLanthonyD15desaturatedarrangementtests
(2014.01.01)
BlaTrk,M.D.,Ph.D.bela@torok.info

1.Purposeandgeneralinformations
WebbasedplatformindependentscoringfortheFarnsworthMunsellFM100Hue,
theFarnsworthD15andtheLanthonyD15colorvisiontests.Theresultofthetestis
aSVG(ScallableNetworkGraphics)polardiagram.SinceSVGisavetcorgraphic
fileformat,thequalityoftheoutputislimitedonlybythecapabilitiesoftheoutput
device.
ThetestprogramsareavailblefromthefollowingURLs:Primaryserver:FM100
Huescoringprogram:http://www.torok.info/colorvision/fm100.htmRoth28Hue
scoringprogram:http://www.torok.info/colorvision/roth28.htmPanelD15scoring
program:http://www.torok.info/colorvision/d15.htmSecondaryserver:FM100Hue
scoringprogram:http://www.belatorok.com/colorvision/fm100.htmRoth28Hue
scoringprogram:http://www.belatorok.com/colorvision/roth28.htmPanelD15
scoringprogram:http://www.belatorok.com/colorvision/d15.htmSecureserver:
(DatatransferwithSSLencryption)FM100Huescoringprogram:
https://ssl4.webland.ch/www820/colorvision/fm100.htmRoth28Huescoring
program:http://ssl4.webland.ch/www820/colorvision/roth28.htmPanelD15scoring
program:https://ssl4.webland.ch/www820/colorvision/d15.htm
Thedirectionsforuseis(thisfile):http://www.torok.info/colorvision/dir_for_use.htm
http://www.belatorok.com/colorvision/dir_for_use.htm
Thescoringprogramisplatformindependentandcanbeusedwithbrowserprograms
supportingthefollowingWEBstandards:
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4.

HTML5
UTF8charactersupport
InlineSVG.SincethehtmlfilecontainstheSVGgraphics,testresultscanbe
archivedbysavingthehtmlfile.
ISO8601Dateformathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
TheresultsofthetestscanbesentwithinlineSVGtomailrecipients.Thisfeature
requiresamailclientswithinlinesvgsupport,e.g.,Thuderbird,Androidemailand
gmailclient.(InlinesvgisnotsupportedinMicrosoftOutlook2003,2007and2010
andinmanywebmailprograms.)InlineSVGinmailisoptional.Sincemanymail
clientsarenotinlineSVGcompatible,thisisnotthedefaultaction.Toenablethis
featurecheckthe"MailclientwithinlineSVGgraphicsupport"checkboxintheuser
interface.

Thescoringprogramsarecompatiblewithcontemporarybrowserprograms.Incase
ofincompatibility,theobsoleteversionoftheprogramsarestillavailablefrom:
http://www.belatorok.com/colorvisionv1
InformationonSVGisavailableat:http://wiki.svg.org/Viewer_Implementations,
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Overview.htm8andhttp://www.adobe.com/svg/.
Browsersetup:Javascriptmustbeenabled!(Usuallyenabledasdefault.)
2.Directionforuse
Enterpatientdatainthe"Name","Dateofbirth"and"Address"fields.The"Date"is
theactualdate(accuracydependsonthedateandtimesettingsoftheclient
computer).Ifnecessarythisfieldcanbeoverwitten.Tochangethedateformatseethe
customizationsection.
Ifthe"Sendresultto:"fieldcontainsavalidEmailaddressresultsofthetestarealso
forwardedtothataddress.Aleavethisfleldblankifyoudon'twanttosendtheresult
bymail.The"Sender'sEmailaddress"fieldcontainsthemailaddressofthesender
(thedefaltisnoreply@torok.info).Tocustomizethesetwoemailaddressesseethe
customizationsection.
Selecttheeye(s)testedusingtheradiobuttons.
Theorderofthecolorcapscanbeselectedusingthemouse.Aredlightaboveeach
boxesindicatesanerror(acapwasselectedtwoormultipletimes).Agreenlight
indicatesthattheselectionisOK.
Clickingthe"Calculateresult"willcomputethescoreandcolordefecttype.The
"Resetcaps"buttonresetscolorcapstothedefaultstate(use)thisbuttonbeforeretest,
orsidechange.(Thefieldswithpatientinformationremainunchanged.)Pressingthe
button"Resetallfields"clearsthepatientinformationfields,andresetsthecolorcaps
tothedefaultstate.
Afterpressingthe"Calculateresults"buttonthepatientdata,date,theorderofthe
colorcaps,apolardiagram,thetotalerrorscore,midpointandcolordefecttypeis
presentedinthesamewindow.
Afterprintingtheresults,thefelloweyecanbecalculatedbypressingthe"Back"
button(leftarrow)intheupperleftcornerofthebrowser(leftarrow>"resetcaps">
jumptothetopofthepage,selecttheothereyewiththeradionbuttons,etc.).
3.Calculationofthetotalerrorscore
TheFarnsworthMunsell100huetotalerrorscoreiscalculatedasdocumentedinthe
user'smanual.

TheRoth28errorscoreswerecalculatedthesimilarwayliketheFarnsworthMunsell
100huescore.Sincethecuptocupdiffreneceis3,thetotalerrorscoreissimilarto
theFM100Huetest.
ThePanelD15totalerrorscoreiscalculatedusingthecalculationproposedby
Lanthony:LanthonyP.EvaluationduPanelD15dsatur.I:Mthodede
quantificationetscoresnormaux.J.Fr.Ophtalmol.1986,9:843847
Normativedatafordifferentagegroupswereincorporatedfromthefollowing
publicationsinthescoringprograms:
1.VerriestG,VanLaethemJ,UvijlsA.Anewassessmentofthenormalrangesofthe
FarnsworthMunsell100huetestscores.AmJOphthalmol.1982;93:635642.
2.KinnearPR,SahraieA.NewFarnsworthMunsell100huetestnormsofnormal
observersforeachyearofage522andforagedecades3070.BrJOphthalmol.
2002;86:14081411.
3.Erb.C,AdlerM,StbigerN,WohrabM,ZrennerE,ThielHJ.Colourvisionin
normalsubjectstestedbythecolourarrangementtest'Roth28huedesaturated'.
VisionResearch1998;38:34673471

The95%confidencelevelofthetotalerrorscorefordifferentagegroupsaccording
toVerriestetal.,KinnearandSahraieandErbetal.,andLanthony.

4.Calculationofthecolordefecttype
AutomaticcalculationoftheFM100HueandRoth28Huemidpoint
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3.

Thescoresofeachcapsarestoredinacirculararray.
Alowpassfilterisappliedtothisarray.
Themidpointiscalculatedastheindexofthemaximalvalueinthesmoothedarray
FarnswortMunsell100HuecolordefecttypecalculationaccordingFarnsworth
Thecolordefectypeiscalculatediftheerrorscoreis>=80accordingtoFarnsworth
(seetablebelow).Literature:FarnsworthD.TheFarnsworthMunsell100HueTest.
Manual,MunsellColorCompany,Baltimore,MD,1957.
DefectType
CapNo.Range
Protanopes
1424and6270

Deuternanopes
1220and5661
Tritanopes
26and4652
FarnsworthMunsell100Hue,Roth28Hue,FarnsworthD15andLantonyD15
Desaturatedcolordefecttypecalculationusingthemomentofinertiamethod
accordingtoVingrysandKingSmith
Iftheselectivityindexislargerthan1.65,thecolordefecttypeiscalculatedas
follows:
DefectType
ProtanomalsandProtanopes
DeuteranomalsandDeuternanopes
TritanomalsandTritanopes

Angleindegree
from2to29
from30to2
from90to65

5.Archivingtheresults
Usethe"Save"or"Saveas"optionsinthe"File"menuinyourbrowserprogram.
SinceembeddedSVGisincludedinHTMLtheHTMLfilecontainsallinformation.
6.ImportingSVGimagesinotherapplications
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Calculatetheresults
Clickonthe"ExportSVGimage"linkontheresultpage(bottomleftonthepage).
SavetheSVGimage.(Filemenu>Saveas>e.g.,Testimage.svginasubdirectory
ofyourchoice.(Theextension.svgisimportant!)
ProgramssupportingSVG,e.g.,OpemOfficeorLiberOfficecanimportthisfile
directly.
SinceMicrosoftOfficedoesnotsupportSVG(Webstandardsinceabout10years!),
SVGimageshastobeconvertedtoothervectororrastergraphicsformatssupported
byMicrorosoft,e.g.,EncapsulatedPostscript(.eps>vector),WindowsEnhanced
Metafile(.eps>vector),TIFF,PNG,JPG,orotherrasterformat.Sincevector
graphicscanbescaledwithoutloosingthequality(qualityisonlylimitedbythe
capabilitiesoftheoutputdevice)vectorgraphics,e.g.,EncapsulatedPostScriptis
recommended.SVGimagescanbeconvertedtootherformatswithdifferent
programs,agoodfreewareprogramisavailablefromhttp://www.inkscape.org
7.TheFarnsworthMunsellFM100Hue,FarnsworthD15andLanthonyD15
testsareavailablefromthefollowingcompanies:
http://www.luneau.fr
http://www.xrite.com
http://www.richmondproducts.com

8.OperatingSystemandBrowserCompatibility
Windows:
InternetExplorer>=V9)
Safariversions>=V3.1
Operaversions>=9
Firefox>6
Chrome

Macintosh:
Safariversions>=3.1
Operaversions>=V9.
Firefox>6

Linux:
Operaversions>=9
Firefox>6