Visual field (VF) testing is an important diagnostic tool for Glaucoma. The current gold standard for VF testing is automated perimetry. This article is an attempt to familiarize the reader with components of an achromatic (white on white) automated perimetry printout. It addresses use of Humphrey perimeter to interpret the results. For the purpose of this review, a PubMed search was made using...

BACKGROUND An evaluation of standard automated perimetry (SAP) and short wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP) for the central 10-2 visual field test procedure in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is presented in order to determine methods of quantifying the central sensitivity loss in patients at various stages of AMD. METHODS 10-2 SAP and SWAP Humphrey visual fields and s...

AIMS To define the frequency of seeing (FOS) characteristics of the short wavelength (SW) sensitive visual pathway in clinically normal subjects and in diabetic patients with focal SW sensitivity loss. METHODS For clinically normal subjects, FOS was assessed at two retinal locations (4.24 degrees and 9.90 degrees eccentricity) for both white on white (WW) and SW stimulus parameters. Inter-exa...

A prospective, randomized study was conducted to survey a large number of automated perimetry examinations in a central reading institute, obtaining practical information on unselected referred patients and their clinician "consumers". Visual field records of 1041 patients were obtained, each evaluated by one of three glaucoma specialists. Statistical analysis was applied on demographics, physi...

PURPOSE In order to automate fundus perimetry, which is usually laborious because of the many manual operations and the frequent eye movements, we developed a new fundus perimeter with an automated measuring system using computer technology. METHODS This fundus perimeter consists of an infrared fundus camera, a fundus-pursuit unit, and a target-display unit. Both units are personal computers ...

PURPOSE To determine the intraindividual and interindividual characteristics of normal sensitivity derived by short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP) as a function of threshold algorithm. To determine also the influence of ocular media absorption on the magnitude of the interindividual variation in normal sensitivity, and hence the confidence limits, derived by SWAP. METHODS The sample co...

PURPOSE To compare sensitivity and specificity of achromatic perimetry with size I stimulus (WW-I) with standard automated perimetry (SITA strategy) and blue on yellow perimetry (SWAP) for early diagnosis of glaucoma. METHODS Seventy-three eyes of 73 suspects, glaucomatous and normal subjects underwent automated perimetry with SITA 24-2, WW-I and SWAP. After application of specific criteria o...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the two perimetric modalities, SWAP (short wavelength automated perimetry) and SAP (standard automated perimetry), on the point of conversion to glaucoma. METHODS In this prospective, longitudinal, follow-up study, 282 patients with ocular hypertension were recruited consecutively and tested with both SAP and SWAP annually for 5 years or unt...