A novel method for determining regional visual acuity in man and its application to a case of macular hole

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Davey, D F ^a   Ng, P ^b   Burke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macular hole; Metamorphopsia; Regional acuity; Scotoma; Snellen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA TEAR; TIME; VISION; VISION TEST;

FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 7744229962     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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