Primary radiotherapy in progressive optic nerve sheath meningiomas: a long-term follow-up study [PDF]
, 2010 Background/aims: To report the outcome of primary radiotherapy in patients with progressive optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM). Methods: The clinical records of all patients were reviewed in a retrospective, observational, multicentre study.
Blank, L. +8 more
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Photometric compliance of tablet screens and retro-illuminated acuity charts as visual acuity measurement devices [PDF]
, 2016 Mobile technology is increasingly used to measure visual acuity. Standards for chart-based acuity tests specify photometric requirements for luminance, optotype contrast and luminance uniformity.
Bastawrous, A. +5 more
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Visual Acuity does not Moderate Effect Sizes of Higher-Level Cognitive Tasks. [PDF]
, 2016 Background/study contextDeclining visual capacities in older adults have been posited as a driving force behind adult age differences in higher-order cognitive functions (e.g., the "common cause" hypothesis of Lindenberger & Baltes, 1994, Psychology ...
Allen, Philip A +3 more
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Visual pathway function and structure in Wolfram syndrome: Patient age, variation and progression [PDF]
, 2018 Background/aimsTo report alterations in visual acuity and visual pathway structure over an interval of 1–3 years in a cohort of children, adolescents and young adults who have Wolfram syndrome (WFS) and to describe the range of disease severity evident ...
Al-Lozi, Amal +6 more
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Dysflective cones: Visual function and cone reflectivity in long-term follow-up of acute bilateral foveolitis. [PDF]
, 2017 PURPOSE:Confocal adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) images provide a sensitive measure of cone structure. However, the relationship between structural findings of diminished cone reflectivity and visual function is unclear.
Cunningham, Emmett T +9 more
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Retrospective, controlled observational case study of patients with central retinal vein occlusion and initially low visual acuity treated with an intravitreal dexamethasone implant [PDF]
, 2016 Background Patients with initially low visual acuity were excluded from the therapy approval studies for retinal vein occlusion. But up to 28 % of patients presenting with central retinal vein occlusion have a baseline BCVA of less than 34 ETDRS letters (
Annabelle Eckert +9 more
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Systems and methods for altering visual acuity [PDF]
, 2012 Provided are systems operable to effect a temporary change in a modulation transfer function (MTF) of a target imaging system. The systems include a light source operable to produce light for transient propagation onto at least a portion of the target ...
Milner, Thomas E. +3 more
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Transthyretin levels in the vitreous correlate with change in visual acuity after vitrectomy [PDF]
, 2009 Background/aim: Little is known about biochemical markers related to change in visual acuity after vitrectomy. The potential use of transthyretin (TTR), a carrier of the retinol/retinol-binding protein, as a biochemical marker protein, was investigated ...
De Letter, Els +7 more
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, 2018 We present a review on the visual ability to discriminate ¿ ne details of moving objects (DVA: Dynamic Visual Acuity), showing the most relevant differences, which have been attributed to this visual capacity in comparison to SVA (static visual acuity ...
Aznar-Casanova, José Antonio +2 more
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Electrical stimulation of visual cortex can immediately improve spatial vision [PDF]
, 2016 Published in final edited form as:Curr Biol. 2016 July 25; 26(14): 1867–1872. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.019.SUMMARY We can improve human vision by correcting the optics of our lenses [1, 2, 3].
McClenahan, Laura J. +3 more
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