PubMed · 1982 · 106 citations · 0 references
MedicineOphthalmologyVision ScienceClinical Vision ScienceOcular DiseaseVisual OpticsMacular DiseaseMacular DisordersRetinal DiseaseRetinal DisordersRetinal ImagingScanning Laser OphthalmoscopyDirect OphthalmoscopyFundus Image AcquisitionMacular Disease AssessmentMacular PerimetryPinhole OpticsRetinal Fundus PhotographyScotoma Mapping
The scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) system has been modified to permit direct retinal perimetry. A movable pinhole in a retinal conjugate plane furnishes a mapping stimulus whose retinal locus is directly observable on a video image of the fundus. Scotoma maps in patients with macular disease and physiologic scotomata associated with normal optic discs are presented. Clinical applications of the method are discussed.