title: Contrast sensitivity deficits in subjects with glaucoma-like discs using an oscilloscope-based method.
abstract: The central visual function of 20 subjects with glaucoma-like discs, normal intraocular pressures and normal visual fields and 20 age-matched normal subjects was assessed by measuring contrast sensitivity using an oscilloscope technique. The subjects with glaucoma-like discs exhibited a significant reduction in contrast sensitivity compared to the age-matched normal; these differences were greatest at spatial frequencies of 2 and 4 cdeg-1.
authors: Centre for Eye Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Wood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014787:Vision Tests; D014792:Visual Acuity