Case #46 – Clinical Applications of VEPs

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Cirrus™ HD-OCT Horizontal Scan Image of Normal Control OD Although the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is only a single layer of cells, it appears as two reflective layers with a dark zone in between on high definition OCT scans. The "inner reflection" has been referred to by some authors as the

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Case 1: Optomap® plus with Resmax Ultra-wide Field FAF Image OD Perhaps surprisingly, the FAF appears normal in both eyes with no indication of hyper or hypo AF. RR #42 & RR #45

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With the patient's distance prescription in place (with an additional +1.00 D to compensate for the 1 meter working distance), the central 5 degrees of the visual field is focused onto the central 5 degrees of the fundus which corresponds to the macula. Action potentials are then generated by the ganglion cells which are

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Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) With VEPs, the patient is treated as a "black box" and the patient looks at checks (usually black and white) that pattern reverse- white checks to black and black checks to white at a specific reversal rate. The pattern reversal stimulus creates a change across the central retina and

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Case 1: DiopsysTM Nova-DN Case 1: A 5-year-old child was referred for consultation because a trial of direct patching did not improve visual acuity in his "amblyopic" right eye. BCVA was 20/100-2 and 20/30 with -1.75-1.75 X 180 OD and pl -1.75 X 180 OS. His mom reports that she first noticed the

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