OPHTHALMOLOGY

Epithelial Mapping

Oct 27, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Epithelial Mapping

Chapter 4 Epithelial Mapping J. Bradley Randleman, MD; Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD; and William J. Dupps, MD, PhD In Chapters 1 and 2, we introduced the anterior segment optical…

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Fundamental Concepts in Corneal Imaging

Oct 27, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Fundamental Concepts in Corneal Imaging

Chapter 1 Fundamental Concepts in Corneal Imaging Mehdi Roozbahani, MD; Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD; William J. Dupps, MD, PhD; and J. Bradley Randleman, MD The cornea is a unique…

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The Visual Field

Jun 29, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on The Visual Field

Introduction and historical background Perimetry and visual field testing have been used as diagnostic procedures for evaluation of visual function for approximately 200 years. A historical review of these techniques…

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Visual Acuity

Jun 29, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Visual Acuity

Visual acuity is a measure of the keenness of sight. The Egyptians used the ability to distinguish double stars as a measure of visual acuity more than 5000 years ago….

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Developmental Visual Deprivation

Jun 29, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Developmental Visual Deprivation

Introduction The vision of newborn infants is crude. As infants experience the normal visual environment, their vision rapidly improves, with different visual capabilities emerging at different ages. Determining the exact…

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Binocular Vision

Jun 29, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Binocular Vision

Introduction “No question relating to vision has been so much debated as the cause of the single appearance of objects seen by both eyes” (Charles Wheatstone, 1838 ) The question…

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Temporal Properties of Vision

Jun 29, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Temporal Properties of Vision

Our visual perception arises from the interpretation of light information, which varies in space, wavelength, and time. It is the latter of these attributes that is explored in this chapter….

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Development of Vision in Infancy

Jun 29, 2024 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Development of Vision in Infancy

The limited behavioral repertoire of the infant and the impossibility of instructing the test participant have made it necessary for vision scientists interested in human visual development to adapt the…

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