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Clinical Visual Psychophysics Measurements

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Noninvasive Diagnostic Techniques in Ophthalmology

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Abstract

Unfortunately, a gap often exists between the work of the research psychophysicist, who develops perceptual tests in the academic setting, and the clinician, who faces the often complex task of evaluating the capabilities and characteristics of a given sensory test on a patient. Important questions then are How does the basic scientist translate the paradigms of his or her sensory research to the clinical setting? and How does the clinician utilize the current theoretical and laboratory research in his or her diagnostic examination and use that knowledge to help understand patient data? Noninvasive psychophysical tests supply one answer and are in use as both research tools and diagnostic aids. These tests provide rapid, reliable, valid data with minimal discomfort to the patient.

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0250, USA

    Barry R. Masters Ph.D.

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Enoch, J.M., Lakshminarayanan, V. (1990). Clinical Visual Psychophysics Measurements. In: Masters, B.R. (eds) Noninvasive Diagnostic Techniques in Ophthalmology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8896-8_23

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