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The Horopter and perception
Visual Perception 2 - Waterloo Optometry
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03/21/2024

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What is the horopter
Definition

locus of points in space which are imaged on corresponding retinal points, which when stimulated give rise to identical visual direction

-functions as a reference for points having zero disparity

Term
Why don't theoretical and empirical horopters coincide? What is the deviation called?
Definition

-due to photoreceptor packing

-Hering-Hillebrand deviation

Term
retinal image disparity occurs occurs to what type of displacement of the eyes?
Definition
lateral
Term
which areas around pannums fusional area are in physiologic diplopia?
Definition
areas in front and behind (but diplopia is suppressed)
Term
What are two terms describing visual direction sense?
Definition

-oculocentric visual direction

-egocentric visual direction

Term
What is the oculocentric visual direction?
Definition
-determined by using the line between and object and fovea as a reference. Based on this principle visual direction, all direction of all other objects in persons VF is determined
Term
What is the egocentric visual direction?
Definition
-refers to direction of an object in space relative to one's self, rather than eyes
Term
In egocentric fixation, what factors help us determine if a change in retinal position is due to object movement or head/eye movement
Definition

-retinal position

-proprioceptive information

-head and body position

-vestibular apparatus

Term
What are corresponding points?
Definition
-points on the retina which give rise to same visual direction
Term
What are non corresponding points referred to as?
Definition

-disparate points

-do not have same visual direction

Term
What happens when corresponding points are stimulated  at the same time?
Definition
single sensation noted
Term
Why do we need the horopter?
Definition
-to deal with mutliple points in visual space to have single vision.
Term
What is the vieth muller circle? What does it  assume?
Definition

-theoretical horopter

-all points on this circle should stimulate corresponding points on retina and lead to single vision

-assumes that there is angular symmetry of the corresponding points

Term
What is Tschermak's Criteria for measuring the horopter? (5)
Definition

1. position of all points appear to lie in an AFPP that includes point of fixation

2. position of points will lie in the center of the region of BV

3. positions of points will be such that the stereoscopic sensitivity to changes in position will be a maximum

4. none (points) provide a stimulus for fusional movement of eye's (Ogle's crieria)

Term
What are the two most common methods of measuring the horopter?
Definition
-AFPP and identical visual direction (or Nonius) Horopter
Term
How is the IVD (Nonius) horopter tested?
Definition
-involves setting two vertical rods one below the other. Each rod seen by each eye
Term
What is considered the most accurate and true horopter?
Definition
-nonius horopter
Term
How does low luminance and low contrast affect pannums area?
Definition
-increases it
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The horopter varies with viewing distance. How does it vary?

Definition

at short distances appears convex towards observer

-at long distances will appear convex towards observer

-at a certain distance (termed abathic distance) will appear flat

Term
What are the two types of plots used to describe H (herring hillebrand deviation)?
Definition
-spatial plot and analytical plot
Term
When H = 0, how does the analytic plot look like?
Definition
-straight line on x-axis
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If your actual horopter lies off, and is larger than theoretical what is slope on analytic plot? If it is smaller?
Definition

-greater than 0, usually 1

-less than 0, usually -1

Term
What does the analytical plot allow us to see?
Definition
-horopter changes as function of viewing distance
Term
What happens at the abathic distance?
Definition

-apparent and real frontoparralel planes coincide.

-horopter is truly flat

Term
What are size (iconic lenses)?
Definition
-changes size without changing vergence
Term
What happens to horopter when you place a 2% size lens in front the right eye?
Definition
horopter will tilt towards right eye*
Term
How does aniseikonia relate to pannums area?
Definition
-it identifies with reshaping of visual space within panum's fusional area
Term
What happens to horopter and image percept if you put an axis 90 meridonial magnifier in front of right eye? What is this called?
Definition

-horopter will tilt towards right eye

-image percept will tilt away from right eye (towards left eye)

-geometric effect

Term
What happens to the image percept and horopter when an axis 180 meridonial magnifier place in front of right eye? What is this called?
Definition

-image percept (visual) move toward right eye

-horopter moves toward left eye

-induced effect

Term
What does the horopter look like for intermittent exotropes?
Definition
-excessively curved (may lie within VM)
Term
What might an abnormal horopter cause?
Definition
-strabismus
Term
What is special about esotrope horopters?
Definition
-do not follow smooth curves, have a large notch near the fixation point, lies between two visual axis
Term
What are the parameters of the analytic plot?
Definition

-x axis: tan alpha 2

-y axis: R (ratio of tan alpha 2/tan alpha 1)

-H is the slope

-Ro is the y intercept

-the origin is (0, 1)

Term
What does the analytic plot appear like when the horopter does not intercept the fixation point (like fixation disparity)
Definition
-hyperbole with asymptotes
Term
What does the Ro point tell you in terms of perception?
Definition
-uniform relative magnification across the visual field. Influences the relative size and orientation of perceived image
Term
What does H tell you in terms of perception of image?
Definition
-the non uniform relative magnification. Influences shape of perceived images in the visual field.
Term
What does Ro demonstrate on the analytical plot and the spatial plot?
Definition

analytical plot: ordinate intercept of straight line 

spatial plot: slope (skew) of the horopter at the fixation point. Curve is symmetrical when Ro = 1

Term
What does H mean on the analytic plot and spatial plot
Definition

analytic plot: slope of the straight line plot or the asymptote

spatial plot: curvature of the horopter at the fixation point. Represents deviation from vieth muller circle

Term
What are the dimensions of the pannums area?
Definition
~10 min arc
Term
What occurs in fixaiton disparity in terms of corresponding points?
Definition
-images of objects do not stimulate exact corresponding retinal points, but still fall within pannum's fusional areas, thus the object still being seen singly
Term
What marks the limit of panum's?
Definition
-when retinal disparities becomes too large for the visual system to fuse, diplopia will begin (images will fall on non corresponding points)
Term
What are some characteristics of Panum's area?
Definition

it is the smallest near the fovea, 6-10 min arc on either side of horopter

-stereopsis begins about 2-10 arc seconds on either side of the horopter, near centre of panums space

-panum's space expands to around 30-40 min arc at 12 degrees fixation

-width of Panum's space is not fixed, can vary depending on conditions

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What are the factors affecting Panum's areas
Definition

-psycho-physical methods of measurment

-training

-retinal eccentricity

-illumination

-temporal (exposure time)

-direction (crossed or uncrossed)

-spatial frequency

-proximity of other targets

-relative colour

-relative brightness

Term
What would you use to give a precise measurment of FD?
Definition
-disparometer
Term
Which techniques give you a rough estimate of the associated phoria?
Definition

-bernell test lantern

-AO vectographic slide

-Borish card

-Wesson card

Term
On the fixation disparity curves define the parameters. Which type of fixation disparity curve is ideal?
Definition

-y intercept: fixation disparity (eso/exo)

-x intercept: associated phoria (BO/BI)

-type 1

Term
typically what are normal ranges for fixation disparity?
Definition
-6 arc minutes exo or 4 arc minutes eso
Term
What are type II and III curves associated with? Which curve type is more resitant to change?
Definition

-type II: eso

-type III: exo

-type II is more resistant to change

type III curves sometimes change to typeI

Term
What is aniseikonia?
Definition
-difference in optical image (perceptual) sizes between the eyes
Term
What is regular aniseikonia?
Definition
-due to optical differences
Term
What is irregular aniseikonia?
Definition
-due retinal or media based distortions, prism induced effects, surface distortions, visual problems encountered due to change in angle of gaze
Term
What is optical aniseikonia
Definition
-due to physically measured differences in sizes of the retinal images that typically arise in axial anisometropia or in corrected refractive anisometropia
Term
What is neural aniseikonia?
Definition

-images in two eyes can be equal in size so due to neural causes (small amount seen in emmetropes)

-may persist after a difference in image size has been corrected optically.

Term
What type of aniseikonia is possible in uncorrected axial anisometropia?
Definition
-both optical and neural
Term
What type of aniseikonia present in corrected axial anisometropia?
Definition
neural
Term
What type of aniseikonia is possible in uncorrected refractive anisometropia
Definition
-neither
Term
What type of aniseikonia is present in corrected refractive anisometropia?
Definition
-optical
Term
What are reasons for neural aniseikonia?
Definition

-retinal receptor distribution effect

-stretching or compression seems to be the cause

-if there is a stretching or compression of the retina, photoreceptors are displaced creating macropsia or micropsia

Term
What are some retinal conditions that cause neural aniseikonia?
Definition

epiretinal membrane, vitreomacular traction, re-attached retinal detachment, macular hole, retinoschisis

-seen in amsler grid

Term
Which type of retinal condition causes macropsia?
Definition

-epiretinal membrane

-all the rest cause micropsia

Term
What is aniseikonia of eccentric gaze?
Definition
-occurs for objects displaced to one side of the median plane of the head. Object is closer to one eye than the other - projects a larger image to that eye
Term
What is induced aniseikonia and how is it produced?
Definition
-produced by wearing a magnifying lens in front of one eye. Use a size lens
Term
Explain how horizontal magnification happens in the induced effect? How does it compare to geometrical effect?
Definition

-vertical magnification in one eye is equal to the same magnification applied horizontally to the other eye

-not as robust as geometric effect, diminishes around 7%

Term
Describe the apparent tilt in the geometric effect?
Definition
-increases linearly with magnification until about 10%
Term
What type of eye movement failure can result in in aniseikonia?
Definition

-unequal saccades (violation of hering's law)

-due to each eye's retinal image being in a different location

Term
What can be said about binocular vision and aniseikonia?
Definition
binocular visual system can tolerate small amounts of aniseikonia without loss of function
Term
What is eikonometry?
Definition
measurement of aniseikonia using a device that can change the size of one retinal image wrt the other, by a known percentagel without affecting vergence of light or clarity
Term
What are size lenses?
Definition

-sets of afocal lenses whose surface curves are chosen to give mag (1-8%)

-mag not related to vertex distance and power factor does not contribute

Term
What is anisophoria?
Definition

-it is the aniseikonia induced due to eccentric fixation

-it is when anisometric spectacle correction not only produces aniseikonia, but as the visual axis moves across lenses, produces varying differential prism

-is a source of fusional stress

Term
What are the two methods to test for aniseikonia?
Definition

space eikonometric method (based on binocular perception)

direct comparison method (directly compare perceived image sizes)

Term
What is the space eikonometer and what does it measure
Definition

-most accurate and successful measuring device

-measures of three components of aniseikonia, horizontal mag, vertical mag and oblique mag

-must have good BV and stereopsis

Term
What three quantities define the aniseikonic ellipse?
Definition
-vertical and horizontal mag, and declination error
Term
Besdies date from eikonometer what data is needed to calculate the aniseikonic spectacle Rx?
Definition
-spectacle Rx, vertex distance, thickness and curve of trial lenses
Term
What amount of aniseikonia is compatible with good normal stereopsis?
Definition

-3-5%

-aniskeikonia will interfere with stereopsis over this limit

Term
What does a measure of -5% aniseikonia OD mean?
Definition
-means that image in right is perceived to be 5 times larger than left, therefore corrected by minifying right eye by 5% (or magnifying left eye by 5%
Term
How do you describe optically induces aniseikonia?
Definition
-aniseikonic ellipse (consists of overall aniseikonia and meridional aniseikonia)
Term
How is retinal induced aniseikonia described?
Definition

-field-dependant aniskeikonia

-varies with field angles

-there is no one value of aniskeikonia anymore since it varies with gaze

Term
What are the main symptoms of aniseikonia?
Definition

-HAs

-ashenopia

-photophobia

-reading difficulty

-nausea

-diplopia

Term
What might be a reason to misdiagnose aniseikonia?
Definition
-optically induced anisophoria
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