Stereoacuity versus fixation disparity as indicators for vergence accuracy under prismatic stress

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Kromeier, Miriam ^a   Schmitt, Christina ^a   Bach, Michael ^a   Kommerell, Guntram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixation disparity; Forced vergence; Stereoacuity; Vergence range

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIPLOPIA; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037264620     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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