title: Use of interferometric visual stimulators in optometry.
abstract: Professor Fergus Campbell and colleagues pioneered the use of the interferometric visual stimulator as a tool for separating optical from neural factors which limit spatial vision. The device is now commercially available as a clinical instrument which 'bypasses the optics of the eye' to measure the potential visual acuity of the neural portion of the visual system. However, the clinician needs to be aware of limitations of current instrument designs and recent advances in our understanding of peripheral vision, to correctly interpret patient data gathered with these devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Visual Sciences, School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Thibos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009907:Optometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity