Relationships between feature search and mobility performance in persons with severe visual impairment

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-400

  Fuhr, Patti S ^a   Liu, Lei ^b   Kuyk, Thomas K ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Low vision; Mobility; Visual rehabilitation; Visual search

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MOTION PLANNING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

VISUAL REHABILITATION; VISUAL SEARCH;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 34248573935     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31804f5afb     Document Type: Article

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