Measured visual field extent varies with peripheral stimulus flicker rate in very young children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 800-806

  Delaney, Suzanne M ^a,b   Dobson, Velma ^a,b   Mohan, Kathleen M ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular visual fields; Children; Flicker; Infants; Perimetry

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; INTERPOLATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BINOCULAR VISION FIELDS; CHILDREN; ECCENTRICITY; FLICKERS; INFANTS; PERIMETRY;

BINOCULAR VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PERIMETER; PERIMETRY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERIMETRY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 25644460531     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000178059.39998.bd     Document Type: Article

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