Modified virtual reality technology for treatment of amblyopia

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Eastgate, Richard M ^a   Griffiths, G D ^a   Waddingham, P E ^a,b   Moody, A D ^a   Butler, T K H ^b   Cobb, S V ^a   Comaish, I F ^b   Haworth, S M ^b   Gregson, R M ^b   Ash, I M ^b   Brown, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Children; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISPLAY SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33646253187     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701882     Document Type: Article

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