Laser Scotometry in Drusen and Pits of the Optic Nerve Head

James S. Kelley; Richard E. Hoover; Alan Robin; Marilyn Kincaid

doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(79)35496-3

Laser Scotometry in Drusen and Pits of the Optic Nerve Head

James S. Kelley, Richard E. Hoover, Alan Robin, Marilyn Kincaid

School of Medicine

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Laser scotometry is an accurate means of detecting dense blind spots. A small low-energy spot is guided across the fundus from nonseeing to seeing areas. Patient responses are recorded on fundus photographs, allowing direct correlation with fundus pathology. Accuracy to less than 1° is feasible. All typical optic nerve drusen tested with this technique had field defects. In cases of optic nerve pits, dense scotomas correlated with the shape of visible nerve fiber defects rather than with the shape of serous retinal detachments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	442-447
Number of pages	6
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	86
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(79)35496-3
State	Published - Jan 1 1979

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