Errors of Binocular Fixation are Common in Normal Subjects during Natural Conditions

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 764-771

  Cornell, Elaine D ^a   Macdougall, Hamish G ^a   Predebon, John ^a   Curthoys, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Convergence; Diplopia; Divergence; Vergence eye movements

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HEALTH CARE;

EYE POSITION MEASUREMENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

BINOCULAR VISION;

ACCOMMODATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAL RECTUS MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULAR DIVERGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0242664960     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200311000-00014     Document Type: Article

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