Visual Field

While most children with glaucoma have at least one visual field test per year, Black and multiracial children were among those with significantly lower testing frequency, according to a single-center study published in Journal of Glaucoma.

We found that current opaque eye patches can cause 18 problems during visual field testing.

Patients with genetic risk for different glaucoma subtypes had an associated risk for different visual field defects, according to a study.

The Tempo binocular perimeter significantly reduced visual field measurement time compared with the Humphrey field analyzer and was preferred by patients, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

Self-administered, remote virtual reality visual field testing can reliably monitor ocular disease in individuals with stable visual field defects, according to research published in the Journal of Glaucoma.

NEW ORLEANS — M&S Technologies has incorporated SmarTracker 2 technology into its Smart System VR headset to improve patient fixation during visual field testing, Mike Umali, national sales manager for M&S Technologies, said at Academy ’23.

SAN FRANCISCO — Glaucoma is associated with an increased risk for motor vehicle collisions, but more advanced methods of testing are needed to determine the level of driving safety in individual patients, according to a speaker here.

Visual field irregularities, afferent pupillary defects or abnormal optical discs were associated with positive neuroimaging findings among patients presenting to the ED with neuro-ophthalmological complaints, according to a study.

Patients with ocular hypertension may undergo visual field tests every 6 months if they are at high or medium risk for progression to primary open-angle glaucoma, and every 12 months if they are at low risk, according to a study.

Patients with visual snow syndrome reported several visual and nonvisual symptoms, with most experiencing subjective reduction of snow when treated with chromatic tints, according to a study published in Optometry and Vision Science.