PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF BINOCULAR VISION
cod. 08243

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
MACALUSO Claudio
integrated course unit
1.5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

<br />To gain fundamental insight about binocular vision, stereopsis, and their impairment. <br />To understand and acquire basical concepts of radiometry, photometry, and color vision.

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Course unit content

<br /><br /><br />Light and visual function. From photometry to color vision. <br /><br />basis of physiology of the visual system<br />CIE illuminants and standard light sources<br />radiometric quantities: International System<br />photometric quantities: CIE 1924 and CIE 1988 standards<br />tristimulus space for conventional observers (CIE 1931, CIE 1964, Vos)<br />reference frames (XYZ, RGB, LMS,..)<br />psychometric systems CIE 1976: CIELAB and CIELUV <br />Spectral reflectance factor measurement<br />fluorescent colors<br />color atlases: Munsell, DIN, OSA-UCS, NCS <br />clinical tests of color vision<br />Pathophysiology of binocular vision <br /><br />binocular interaction: corresponding retinal points and areas<br />horopter, Panum's area <br />simultaneous perception and stereopsis <br />3D perception: monocular and binocular factors<br />development of binocular vision and related problems<br />diplopia and confusion<br />suppression, anomalous retinal correspondence (ARC)<br />neurophysiological basis of amblyopia

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Bibliography

<br />- Tasman, Jaeger, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. LWW 2006.<br />- Kaiser, Boynton. Human Color Vision. OSA, 1996.<br />- http://webvision.med.utah.edu/Color.html<br />- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision

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