Head Coil-Mounted Vision Correction Device for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract

Correction for nearsightedness and farsightedness is an important concern for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments involving visual stimuli in humans. In the absence of personal contact lenses, spherical refractive errors are typically corrected using interchangeable lenses mounted in goggles or glasses frames worn by the participant, or mounted on the head coil during scanning. The coil-mounted device described here avoids the ergonomic challenges encountered with head-mounted goggles and addresses limitations of prior coil-mounted designs, including ease of lens switching and inter-pupillary distance adjustments. Our device can be 3D printed economically with MRI-compatible plastics, including PLA.