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In AMD, Contrast Sensitivity and Microperimetry Helps Assess Visual Function and Activities of Daily Living

Monocular contrast sensitivity and microperimetry are useful indicators of visual function and its impact on activities of daily living in those with AMD. Patients with AMD do not rely on binocular ...
Nature

Contrast sensitivity isocontours of the central visual field

Standard automated perimetry (SAP), the most common form of perimetry used in clinical practice, is associated with high test variability, impacting clinical decision making and efficiency. Contrast ...
EurekAlert!

Research into the contrast sensitivity of persons with varying levels of visual acuity

The objective is to determine the characteristics of contrast sensitivity of the human vision system (HVS) by experimental measurements employing a CRT. Said characteristics form the basis for the ...
Healio

Low luminance reduces face recognition, especially among those with central vision loss

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Facial identity discrimination accuracy decreased by 20.4% under low luminance for those with central vision ...
Nature

Comparison of visual performance between monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses of the same material and basic design

There is a long-standing debate about whether monofocal or multifocal lenses should be implanted during cataract surgery. Multifocal lenses have been shown to provide good distance and near functional ...
Medical Xpress

Light quality found to enhance contrast vision

Prof Sei-ichi Tsujimura of the Nagoya City University and Prof Su-Ling Yeh of National Taiwan University and Kagoshima University, have discovered that our visual acuity (contrast sensitivity) can be ...
Medical Xpress

Examining light contrast sensitivity of human retinal pathways in myopia

Across the entire animal kingdom, visual images are processed by two major neuronal pathways that extract light and dark stimuli from visual scenes—ON (light on) and OFF (light off) pathways. Light ...
Science Daily

Tiny eye movements affect how we see contrast

Researchers previously believed contrast sensitivity function -- the minimum level of black and white that a person needs to detect a pattern -- was mainly dictated by the optics of the eye and ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Dark Chocolate Can Improve Contrast Sensitivity, Visual Acuity

Visual acuity improved slightly more after consumption of dark vs milk chocolate. HealthDay News — Compared with milk chocolate, consumption of dark chocolate is associated with higher contrast ...
Medscape

Low-Contrast Visual Tests Reveal Better Alemtuzumab Efficacy

VIENNA, Austria — Compared with subcutaneous interferon β-1a (IFNB-1a; Rebif/EMD Serono/Pfizer), treatment with alemtuzumab (Lemtrada, Genzyme/Sanofi) improved visual outcomes in treatment-naive ...
techtimes

Study Says Loss of Visual Sensitivity Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before It Is Diagnosed

Your brain's health can be read through the windows of our souls: the eyes. Problems with vision often surface as one of the earliest indicators of cognitive decline. Recent research shows that a loss ...