Snellen chart (category Optotypes)
an acuity chart are formally known as "optotypes". In the case of the traditional Snellen chart, the optotypes have the appearance of block letters, and...
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acuity would discern the same optotype. Thus, 6/12 means that a person with 6/6 vision would discern the same optotype from 12 metres away (i.e. at twice...
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Landolt C (category Optotypes)
as a Landolt ring, Landolt broken ring, or Japanese vision test, is an optotype: a standardized symbol used for testing vision. It was developed by the...
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which uses continuous text paragraphs with logarithmic progression of optotype sizes, was a reading chart introduced in 1960s. Near acuity was recorded...
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LogMAR chart (category Optotypes)
LogMAR value of the best line read − 0.02 × number of optotypes read Given that each line has 5 optotypes, the equivalent formula is: LogMAR VA = LogMAR value...
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The most significant innovation was Snellen's use of what he called optotypes, specially designed characters generated on a 5x5 grid, rather than using...
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Lea test (category Optotypes)
against the standardized Landolt C vision test symbol. The Landolt C is an optotype that is used throughout most of the world as the standardized symbol for...
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systematic data collection in physical sciences and engineering Landolt C, optotype developed by ophthalmologist Edmund Landolt Landolt & Cie, Swiss bank 15072...
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Sloan letters (category Optotypes)
1959, are a set of optotypes used to test visual acuity generally used in Snellen charts and logMAR charts. This set of optotypes consists of ten specially...
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resolution of 2 arcminutes per line pair, equivalent to a 1 arcminute gap in an optotype, corresponds to 20/20 (normal vision) in humans. However, in the compound...
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E chart (category Optotypes)
An E chart, also known as a tumbling E chart, is an eye chart used to measure a patient's visual acuity. This chart does not depend on a patient's easy...
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Jaeger chart (category Optotypes)
The Jaeger chart is an eye chart used in testing near visual acuity. It is a card on which paragraphs of text are printed, with the text sizes increasing...
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assessors ISO 8596:2009 Ophthalmic optics – Visual acuity testing – Standard optotype and its presentation ISO 8598 Optics and optical instruments – Focimeters...
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ISO/TR 19498:2015 Ophthalmic optics and instruments – Correlation of optotypes ISO/IEC 19500 Information technology - Object Management Group - Common...
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creation of the Sloan letters, used to test visual acuity. These ten optotypes, according to Sloan, were specifically chosen from capital letters of...
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professor of ophthalmology at the university. From 1882 to 1896 he developed optotypes for the testing of vision. He also made contributions in the areas of...
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