The perimeter as a monitor of glaucomatous changes.
A small group of glaucoma patients with scotomata were compared with normal coevals. Plots were obtained of the error of each measurement as a function of retinal illumination. A statistical analysis shows the limitations of perimetry as a monitor of the progress of glaucoma. The significance of the data is discussed.
D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008875:Middle Aged; D010783:Photometry; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields