The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn ("with") and onoma (ὄνομα) ("name"). The words car and automobile are synonyms. Similarly, if we talk about a to field of view The field of view is the (angular or linear or areal) extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist Introspection is the self-observation and reporting of conscious inner thoughts, desires and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more spiritual cases, one's soul. It can also be called contemplation of one's self, and is contrasted psychological experiments"[1], while 'field of view' "refers to the physical objects and light sources in the external world that impinge the retina The vertebrate retina is a light sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina, which serves much the same function as the film in a camera. Light striking the retina initiates a cascade of chemical and electrical events that ultimately trigger nerve impulses. These". In other words, field of view is everything that (at a given time) causes light to fall onto the retina. This input is processed by the visual system The visual system is the part of the central nervous system which enables organisms to see. It interprets the information from visible light to build a representation of the world surrounding the body. The visual system accomplishes a number of complex tasks, including the reception of light and the formation of monocular representations; the, which computes the visual field as the output.
The term is often used in optometry Optometry is a health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans and ophthalmology Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eye, hairs, and areas surrounding the eye, such as the lacrimal system and eyelids. The term ophthalmologist is an eye specialist for medical and surgical problems. Since ophthalmologists perform operations on eyes, they are, where a visual field test A visual field test is an examination that may be performed to analyze a patient's visual field. The exam may be performed by a technician in one of several ways. The test may be performed by a technician directly, with the assistance of a machine, or completely by an automated machine. Machine based tests aid diagnostics by allowing a detailed is used to determine whether the visual field is affected by diseases that cause local scotoma A scotoma is an area or island of loss or impairment of visual acuity surrounded by a field of normal or relatively well-preserved vision or a more extensive loss of vision Vision loss or visual loss is the absence of vision where it existed before, which can happen either acutely or chronically (i.e. over a long period of time) or a reduction in sensitivity (threshold).
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Normal limits
The normal human visual field extends to approximately 60 degrees nasally (toward the nose, or inward) in each eye, to 100 degrees temporally (away from the nose, or outwards), and approximately 60 degrees above and 75 below the horizontal meridian.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[note 7] is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing, the minimum field requirement for driving is 60 degrees either side of the vertical meridian, and 20 degrees above and below horizontal. The macula The macula or macula lutea is an oval-shaped highly pigmented yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye. It has a diameter of around 5 mm and is often histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells. Near its center is the fovea, a small pit that contains the largest concentration of cone cells in the eye and corresponds to the central 13 degrees of the visual field; the fovea The fovea centralis, also generally known as the fovea, is a part of the eye, located in the center of the macula region of the retina. The fovea is responsible for sharp central vision , which is necessary in humans for reading, watching television or movies, driving, and any activity where visual detail is of primary importance. The fovea is to the central 3 degrees.
Measuring the visual field
The visual field is measured by perimetry Perimetry or campimetry is the systematic measurement of differential light sensitivity in the visual field by the detection of the presence of test targets on a defined background. Visual field testing can be performed clinically with confrontational field testing keeping the subject's gaze fixed while presenting objects at various places in. This may be kinetic, where points of light are moved inwards until the observer sees them, or static, where points of light are flashed onto a white screen and the observer is asked to press a button if he or she sees it. The most common perimeter used is the automated Humphrey Field Analyzer.
Another method is to use a campimeter, a small device designed to measure the visual field.
Patterns testing the central 24 degrees or 30 degrees of the visual field, are most commonly used. Most perimeters are also capable of testing the full field of vision.
Visual field loss
Visual field loss may occur due to disease or disorders of the eye Eyes are organs that detect light, and send electrical impulses along the optic nerve to the visual and other areas of the brain. Complex optical systems with resolving power have come in ten fundamentally different forms, and 96% of animal species possess a complex optical system. Image-resolving eyes are present in cnidaria, molluscs, chordates,, optic nerve The optic nerve is the second of twelve paired cranial nerves but is considered to be part of the central nervous system as it is derived from an outpouching of the diencephalon during embryonic development. Consequently, the fibres are covered with myelin produced by oligodendrocytes rather than the Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system, or brain The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as jellyfish and starfish have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. In vertebrates, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary. Classically, there are four types of visual field defects:[2]
- Altitudinal field defects, loss of vision above or below the horizontal – associated with ocular abnormalities
- Bitemporal hemianopia, loss of vision at the sides (see below)
- Central scotoma, loss of central vision
- Homonymous hemianopia, loss at one side in both eyes – defect behind optic chiasm The optic chiasm or optic chiasma is the part of the brain where the optic nerves (CN II) partially cross. The optic chiasm is located at the bottom of the brain immediately below the hypothalamus (see below)
In humans, confrontational testing and other forms of perimetry Perimetry or campimetry is the systematic measurement of differential light sensitivity in the visual field by the detection of the presence of test targets on a defined background. Visual field testing can be performed clinically with confrontational field testing keeping the subject's gaze fixed while presenting objects at various places in are used to detect and measure visual field loss. Different neurological difficulties cause characteristic forms of visual disturbances, including hemianopsias (shown below without macular sparing), quadrantanopsia, and others.
References
- ^ Smythies J (1996). "A note on the concept of the visual field in neurology, psychology, and visual neuroscience". Perception 25 (3): 369–71. doi A digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an electronic document or other entity. The DOI for a document remains fixed over the lifetime of the document, unlike URLs which can change when a publisher of online content changes its web server's file structure, and the DOI System provides a mechanism for locating an:10.1068/p250369. PMID A PMID is a unique number assigned to each PubMed citation of life sciences and biomedical scientific journal articles. The related Pubmed Central archive may additionally assign a separate number, a PMCID (PubMed Central Identifier), normally written with a PMC prefix 8804101.
- ^ Jay WM (1981). "Visual field defects". American family physician 24 (2): 138–42. PMID A PMID is a unique number assigned to each PubMed citation of life sciences and biomedical scientific journal articles. The related Pubmed Central archive may additionally assign a separate number, a PMCID (PubMed Central Identifier), normally written with a PMC prefix 7258077.
External links
- MedlinePlus Encyclopedia MedlinePlus is a free Web site that provides consumer health information for patients, families, and health care providers. MedlinePlus brings together quality information from the United States National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health , other U.S. government agencies, and health-related organizations. The U.S. National Visual Field
- Diagram linking defects to damage, at Brown
- Patient Plus
- Quadrantanopsia Visual Fields Teaching Case from MedPix
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Q. Hi all. I have did an online visual field test today and keep repeating it. Basically my peripheal vision is ok and i don't miss any of those spots but the only spot I am missing is the 'Normal Blind Spot' and a spot on the map that is just under the blind spot. Because I natually have large optic disks (without eye problems) could this be why? It usually happens on both eyes. Sometimes i miss it, sometimes I don't. Both eyes naturally have larger than normal optic disks. These have been confirmd to be normal though. Any advice. Just did the test again and only missed normal blindspot. Very confusing.
Asked by paddingzero - Sat Jun 28 15:01:12 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Please don't play with your eyesight. If you have concerns, go to an opthamologist and have an examination. If there are any problems, now's the time to find out.
Answered by clarity - Sat Jun 28 15:57:24 2008
