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Specialty. ophthalmology. ICD-9-CM. 95.06. MeSH. D003119. [edit on Wikidata] The Ishihara test is a color vision test for detection of red–green color deficiencies. It was named after its designer, Shinobu Ishihara, a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917.
An Ishihara test image as seen by subjects with normal color vision and by those with a variety of color deficiencies. A pseudoisochromatic plate (from Greek pseudo, meaning "false", iso, meaning "same" and chromo, meaning "color"), often abbreviated as PIP, is a style of standard exemplified by the Ishihara test, generally used for screening of color vision defects.
In Holmgren's wool test, the patient is asked to match coloured skeins of yarn to the samples in the box. [6] [7] At first, the patient is asked to select from the 40 skeins, 10 skeins that best match the light green master A. [2] From the remaining 30 skeins, the patient is then asked to select the 5 skeins that best match the red master C. [2] Lastly, the patient is asked to select 5 skeins ...
Mastopexy: foremost is the tissue viability of the nipple-areola complex; it also hides a periareolar scar in the skin-color transition at the areolar periphery. The surgeon–physician evaluates the woman requesting a breast-lift operation to confirm that she understands the health risks and benefits of the mastopexy procedure.
2-9% males; <1% females. Congenital red–green color blindness is an inherited condition that is the root cause of the majority of cases of color blindness. It has no significant symptoms aside from its minor to moderate effect on color vision. [ 1 ] It is caused by variation in the functionality of the red and/or green opsin proteins, which ...
Achromatopsia, also known as rod monochromacy, is a medical syndrome that exhibits symptoms relating to five conditions, most notably monochromacy. Historically, the name referred to monochromacy in general, but now typically refers only to an autosomal recessive congenital color vision condition.
The most common symptoms of cone dystrophy are vision loss (age of onset ranging from the late teens to the sixties), sensitivity to bright lights, and poor color vision. Therefore, patients see better at dusk. Visual acuity usually deteriorates gradually, but it can deteriorate rapidly to 20/200; later, in more severe cases, it drops to ...
Chromostereopsis. Blue–red contrast demonstrating depth perception effects. 3 Layers of depths "Rivers, Valleys & Mountains". Chromostereopsis is a visual illusion whereby the impression of depth is conveyed in two-dimensional color images, usually of red–blue or red–green colors, but can also be perceived with red–grey or blue–grey ...