OPHTHALMOLOGY
cod. 20932

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie apparato visivo (MED/30)
Field
"scienze ortottiche e dell'assistenza oftalmologica"
Type of training activity
Characterising
4 hours
of face-to-face activities
0.5 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF BINOCULAR VISION

Learning objectives

To gain fundamental insight concerning binocular vision, stereopsis, and their impairment.

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Course unit content

<br /><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

Full programme

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Bibliography

Tasman, Jaeger, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. LWW 2006.

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