Establishing mobility measures to assess the effectiveness of night vision devices: Results of a pilot study

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 663-670

  Zebehazy, Kim T ^a   Zimmerman, George J ^a   Bowers, Alex R ^b   Luo, Gang ^b   Peli, Eli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NIGHT VISION; PATIENT MOBILITY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 33846662282     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0509901010     Document Type: Article

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