Measurements and clinical applications of peripheral vision

Peripheral vision, representing perceptual function of the peripheral retinal region, plays a significant role in our daily life and in clinic. Recently, the rapid progression in psychophysics, EEG and fMRI has made peripheral vision psychophysical tests more rapid and accurate, such as the peripheral contrast sensitivity function test. Peripheral vision is closely associated with diseases, such as glaucoma, myopia and amblyopia. The clinical applications of peripheral vision are mainly reflected in following, the early diagnosis and detection of diseases like glaucoma, the low vision recovery of patients with central vision defect, perceptual learning of patients with paracentral fixation, and the control of myopia progression etc.(Int Rev Ophthalmol, 2018, 42: 204-208) Key words: peripheral vision; contrast sensitivity function; perceptual learning