• The visual field is "that portion of space in which objects are visible at the same moment during steady fixation of the gaze in one direction"; in ophthalmology...
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    A visual field test is an eye examination that can detect dysfunction in central and peripheral vision which may be caused by various medical conditions...
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  • Confrontation visual field testing is a test used in ophthalmology for rapid and gross detection of large-scale visual field problems. It is done by asking...
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    Humphrey field analyser (HFA) is a tool for measuring the human visual field that is commonly used by optometrists, orthoptists and ophthalmologists,...
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    brain include a visual cortex; the visual cortex in the left hemisphere receives signals from the right visual field, and the visual cortex in the right...
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  • presented on the left or right visual hemifields. If a visual stimulus appears in the left visual field (LVF), the visual information is initially projected...
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    Lesions in that pathway cause a variety of visual field defects. In the visual system of human eye, the visual information processed by retinal photoreceptor...
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    (nicknamed blue-sky sprites) moving quickly along undulating pathways in the visual field, especially when looking into bright blue light such as the sky. The...
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    The visual system is the physiological basis of visual perception (the ability to detect and process light). The system detects, transduces and interprets...
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    Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception. In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear...
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    flickering white, black, transparent, or colored dots across the whole visual field. Other common symptoms are palinopsia, enhanced entoptic phenomena, photophobia...
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    excluded in the visual field's definition. Humans have a slightly over 210-degree forward-facing horizontal arc of their visual field (i.e. without eye...
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    peripheral vision, tunnel vision, occurs. Because of constant motion, the visual field of a driver is usually not stable. To monitor changes in our environment...
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  • in specifying visual fields. According to IPS Perimetry Standards 1978 (2002): "Perimetry is the measurement of [an observer's] visual functions ... at...
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    resolved in the very center of the visual field; it therefore does not indicate how larger patterns are recognized. Visual acuity alone thus cannot determine...
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    or hemianopia, is a loss of vision or blindness (anopsia) in half the visual field, usually on one side of the vertical midline. The most common causes...
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    Visual hierarchy, according to Gestalt psychology, is a pattern in the visual field wherein some elements tend to "stand out," or attract attention, more...
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  • Visual agnosia is an impairment in recognition of visually presented objects. It is not due to a deficit in vision (acuity, visual field, and scanning)...
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    seeing at night and decreasing peripheral vision (side and upper or lower visual field). As peripheral vision worsens, people may experience "tunnel vision"...
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  • the receptive field ranges from the unidimensional chemical structure of odorants to the multidimensional spacetime of human visual field, through the...
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    examination, followed by specific tests for visual acuity, pupil function, extraocular muscle motility, visual fields, intraocular pressure and ophthalmoscopy...
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    noticeable patterns are seen in the visual field. Most of the early glaucomatous changes are seen within the central visual field, mainly in Bjerrum's area, 10-20°...
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  • vision at all,[citation needed] and in fact is hard to notice if the visual field is highly patterned, complex, or in motion.[citation needed] When active...
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    touches an object with only the left hand while receiving no visual cues in the right visual field; the patient will be unable to name the object, as each...
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    receives signals mainly from the right visual field and the right visual cortex mainly from the left visual field, although each cortex receives a considerable...
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    The equine eye is one of the largest of any land mammal. Its visual abilities are directly related to the animal's behavior; for example, it is active...
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    images can occur in any part of the visual field, and are rarely polymodal. One of the more enigmatic forms of visual hallucination is the highly variable...
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  • correlated with CBS are a decrease of visual acuity, visual field loss, and elderly age. While characteristic features of visual hallucinations are not specifically...
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    central visual field. The grid was developed by Marc Amsler, a Swiss ophthalmologist. It is a diagnostic tool that aids in the detection of visual disturbances...
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    In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual percept...
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