Exploring eye movements in patients with glaucoma when viewing a driving scene.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glaucoma is a progressive eye disease and a leading cause of visual disability. Automated assessment of the visual field determines the different stages in the disease process: it would be desirable to link these measurements taken in the clinic with patient's actual function, or establish if patients compensate for their restricted field of view when performing everyday tasks. Hence, this study investigated eye movements in glaucomatous patients when viewing driving scenes in a hazard perception test (HPT).

Methodology/principal findings

The HPT is a component of the UK driving licence test consisting of a series of short film clips of various traffic scenes viewed from the driver's perspective each containing hazardous situations that require the camera car to c

SUBMITTER: Crabb DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2838788 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature