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The Free Exploration Test (FET) uses augmented reality to assess spatial neglect by recording patient movements in real space. This new method effectively identifies rightward exploration bias in neglect patients, offering a more naturalistic assessment than confined virtual reality environments.

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Background:

  • Traditional spatial neglect assessments use confined workspaces, limiting naturalistic exploration.
  • Existing methods do not fully capture the distortion of exploratory activity in patients with spatial neglect.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel method for recording spatial neglect patients' biased activity in real, unconfined space.
  • To overcome the limitations of confined workspaces in traditional and virtual reality diagnostic tools.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the Free Exploration Test (FET) utilizing augmented reality and a tablet's live stream.
  • Recorded 30-second exploration movements of 20 neglect patients and 20 healthy controls searching for a virtual target.
  • Compared FET performance against traditional spatial neglect tests.

Main Results:

  • Neglect patients demonstrated a significant rightward bias in exploratory movements compared to controls.
  • The FET showed high discriminative power (AUC = 0.89) and correlated with traditional tests.
  • An optimal cut-off of 9.0° rightward bias distinguished neglect patients with 85% sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • The Free Exploration Test (FET) provides a time-efficient, easy-to-apply, and gamified assessment of free exploratory activity.
  • FET supplements traditional tests by enabling unrestricted recording of exploration in the patient's real environment.
  • This augmented reality approach offers a more ecologically valid method for evaluating spatial neglect.