Restoration of binocular vision in amblyopia

Strabismus

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 110-118

  Hess, R F ^a   Mansouri, B ^a,b   Thompson, B ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

amblyopia; binocular summation; contrast; dichoptic interaction; global motion; treatment of amblyopia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; BINOCULAR VISION; COHERENCE MOTION DISCRIMINATION TASK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GAME; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM DOT KINEMATOGRAM; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRABISMUS; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 80052255438     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273972.2011.600418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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