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The ability to detect glaucomatous field defects of 3 automatic computerized perimeters (COMPETER, OCTOPUS and PERIMETRON) was compared in a clinical study of 74 patients, some suffering from established glaucoma, with normals, and glaucoma suspects in whom the visual fields were completely normal. The reference fields were obtained by careful static and kinetic manual perimetry on the Tübingen perimeter. All the automatic instruments gave similar high rates of detection of field loss and low false positive results. Quality conventional manual perimetry is still necessary to back up automatic Perimetric results but automatic perimeters can already take over a large proportion of routine perimetric screening.
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Heijl, A., Drance, S.M. (1981). A Clinical Comparison of three Computerized Automatic Perimeters in the Detection of Glaucoma Defects. In: Greve, E.L., Verriest, G. (eds) Fourth International Visual Field Symposium Bristol, April 13–16,1980. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8644-2_8
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