A compact clinical instrument for quantifying suppression

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Black, Joanne M ^a   Thompson, Benjamin ^a   Maehara, Goro ^b,c,d   Hess, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

amblyopia; binocular vision; strabismus; suppression

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; CLINICAL PRACTICES; DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLDS; GLOBAL MOTION; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; PARAMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHODS; SIGNAL/NOISE RATIO; STRABISMUS; STRONG CORRELATION; SUPPRESSION; VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES;

BINOCULAR VISION; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79551525388     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318205a162     Document Type: Article

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