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New Methods of Sensory Visual Testing

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Michael Wall

    1. Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA

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  2. Alfredo A. Sadun

    1. Estelle Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Parallel Processing in the Human Visual System

    • Carl J. Bassi
    Pages 1-13

  3. Brightness Sense Testing

    • Alfredo A. Sadun
    Pages 14-28

  4. Critical Flicker Frequency: A New Look at an Old Test

    • Randall S. Brenton, H. Stanley Thompson, Charles Maxner
    Pages 29-52

  5. Contrast Sensitivity Testing

    • Mark J. Kupersmith, Karen Holopigian, William H. Seiple
    Pages 53-67

  6. New Methods in Clinical Electrophysiology

    • Thomas E. Ogden, Carl J. Bassi
    Pages 68-93

  7. Examination of the Ten Degrees of Visual field Surrounding Fixation

    • Michael Wall
    Pages 94-111

  8. Automated Perimetry: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

    • Richard P. Mills
    Pages 112-131

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 133-137
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About this book

Measurement of visual acuity has been the cornerstone of visual testing since Snellen began quantitating visual acuity using letter optotypes in the 1860s. Bjerrum in the 1880s brought sophistication and quantitation to the assessment of the visual field with tangent screen examination using differently sized and colored targets. Further advances in visual testing did not occur until the Goldmann perimeter and the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue test were introduced in the 1940s, permitting further refinement in the detection and quantitation of acquired visual loss. An explosion of interest in sensory visual function testing followed the demonstration by Quigley and his colleagues in 1982 that despite the loss of more than 40% of the axons in the optic nerve, Snellen acuity and kinetic perimetry remained normal. Much of this interest has focused on a search for more sensitive and disease-specific sensory visual tests. Previously, novel tests used to probe visual function remained in the province of the visual physiologist and psychophysicist. These tests are now being introduced by the ophthalmologist into clinical practice. Concomitantly, the mass production of microcomputers and other technical advances have made tests such as automated perimetry and visual evoked response testing affordable for most offices. The clinician is presently being inundated with a plethora of visual function tests that may require a knowledge of visual psychophysics and statistics to understand and interpret. The purpose of this book is to acquaint the clinician with these new tests so that they may be used to maximum benefit.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA

    Michael Wall

  • Estelle Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, USA

    Alfredo A. Sadun

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Methods of Sensory Visual Testing

  • Editors: Michael Wall, Alfredo A. Sadun

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8835-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8837-1Published: 23 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8835-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 137

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Neurology

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