Development of a critical flicker/fusion frequency test for potential vision testing in media opacities

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 905-910

  Vianya Estopà, Marta ^a   Douthwaite, William A ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Noble, Bruce A ^b   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration (ARMD); Critical flicker fusion frequency; Media opacity; Potential vision test

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; OPACITY;

CRITICAL FLICKER/FUSION (CFF); MACULAR DISEASES; POTENTIAL VISION TEST (PVT);

VISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 10644263041     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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