Visual Fields (Oxford Medical Publications) - Softcover

Henson, David B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192623613 ISBN 13: 9780192623614

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

A student text on the theory and practice of visual field investigation. It discusses the many different techniques that are available for the examination of the visual field, eg kinetic, suprathreshold and fill threshold, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. It also describes many of the current visual field instruments describing both their strategies and their techniques for analyzing perimetric results. Their is a comprehensive chapter detailing how the visual field is affected by parameters, such as retractive errors and pupil size, with tips on how these can be controlled and compensated for. Pathologies which affect the visual field are discussed, with speical chapters devoted to glaucoma and the screening for glaucomatous visual field loss.

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Review

-The overall standard of content and presentation is high and ... is excellent value for money. I strongly recommend this easily readable and informative textbook to trainees and feel sure that many clinicians in practice will find it useful, especially for the comprehensive list of references.-EyeNews, January 2001

About the Author

MSc PhD, Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Manchester, Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192623613
• ISBN 13: 9780192623614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 157