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. 2012;25(79-80):66-70.

Visual field testing for glaucoma - a practical guide

David C Broadway  1
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Visual field testing for glaucoma - a practical guide

David C Broadway. Community Eye Health. 2012.
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Figure 1
Asymmetrical visual field loss in glaucoma can lead to late presentation as with both eyes open the patient sees no defect
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Figure 2
A normal visual field (left eye)
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Figure 3
Glaucomatous field defects in left eyes
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Figure 4
Non-glaucomatous bilateral visual field defects
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Figure 5
Testing visual fields to confrontation. The examiner's left eye is closed, so he can compare the field of his right eye with the field of the patient's left eye. TANZANIA
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Figure 6
Amsler grid, when viewed by someone with normal central vision (a) and by people with a problem with their central visual field (b and c)
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Figure 7
Bjerrum tangent screen. Tangent screens are useful for testing the central visual field, up to 30°
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Figure 8
Goldmann perimeter
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Figure 9
A standard automated perimetry printout for someone with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma
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