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The prism cover test ( PCT) is an objective measurement and the gold standard in measuring strabismus, i.e. ocular misalignment, or a deviation of the eye. [1] It is used by ophthalmologists and orthoptists in order to measure the vertical and horizontal deviation and includes both manifest and latent components. [1]
Exophoria. Exophoria is a form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward. [1] During examination, when the eyes are dissociated, the visual axes will appear to diverge away from one another. [2] The axis deviation in exophoria is usually mild compared with that of exotropia .
A prism of power 1 Δ would produce 1 unit of displacement for an object held 100 units from the prism. Thus a prism of 1 Δ would produce 1 cm visible displacement at 100 cm, or 1 metre. This can be represented mathematically as: = where is the amount of prism correction in prism dioptres, and is the angle of deviation of the light.
The prism fusion range ( PFR) or fusional vergence amplitude is a clinical eye test performed by orthoptists, optometrists, and ophthalmologists to assess motor fusion, specifically the extent to which a patient can maintain binocular single vision ( BSV) in the presence of increasing vergence demands. Motor fusion is largely accounted to ...
A mysterious phenomenon first observed in 2013 aboard a vessel in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean appeared so preposterous, it convinced ocean scientist Andrew Sweetman that his monitoring ...
Convergence insufficiencyis a sensory and neuromuscular anomaly of the binocular visionsystem, characterized by a reduced ability of the eyesto turn towards each other, or sustain convergence. Symptoms. [edit] The symptoms and signs associated with convergence insufficiency are related to prolonged, visually demanding, near-centered tasks. They ...
Duoprism. A close up inside the 23-29 duoprism projected onto a 3-sphere, and perspective projected to 3-space. As m and n become large, a duoprism approaches the geometry of duocylinder just like a p -gonal prism approaches a cylinder. In geometry of 4 dimensions or higher, a double prism [1] or duoprism is a polytope resulting from the ...
TOI-1798 c, for example, experiences an entire year in less than half an Earth day, WASP-130 b is distorted into the shape of a rugby ball, and a whole collection of exoplanets known as ‘Super ...