Fixation stability using radial gratings in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-339

  González, Esther G ^a,b,c,d   Teichman, Joshua ^b   Lillakas, Linda ^a,b   Markowitz, Samuel N ^c   Steinbach, Martin J ^a,b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Central vision loss; Fixation stability; Infrared eye tracker

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745726440     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I06-019     Document Type: Article

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