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  2. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Grade 4 anterior chamber angle: open angle between cornea and iris AC 3/4: Grade 3 anterior chamber angle: AC 2/4: Grade 2 anterior chamber angle: AC 1/4: Grade 1 anterior chamber angle: AC 0/4: Grade 0 anterior chamber angle: closed angle between cornea and iris AC/A: Accommodative convergence / Accommodation ratio

  3. Four prism dioptre reflex test - Wikipedia

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    It is performed with the prism placed over the right eye, then the left eye. Four-base-out is performed at distance only, because suppression scotomas in micro-strabismus are usually small and by using a near target, the examiner might cause the image of the target to land outside of the suppressed area and any signs of micro-strabismus or ...

  4. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    That size is specified as a visual angle, which is the angle, at the eye, under which the optotype appears. For 6/6 = 1.0 acuity, the size of a letter on the Snellen chart or Landolt C chart is a visual angle of 5 arc minutes (1 arc min = 1/60 of a degree), which is a 43 point font at 20 feet. [ 10 ]

  5. Eye chart - Wikipedia

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    An eye chart is a chart used to measure visual acuity comprising lines of optotypes in ranges of sizes. Optotypes are the letters or symbols shown on an eye chart. [ 1 ] Eye charts are often used by health care professionals, such as optometrists , physicians and nurses , to screen persons for vision impairment .

  6. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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    A Snellen chart is an eye chart that can be used to measure visual acuity.Snellen charts are named after the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen who developed the chart in 1862 as a measurement tool for the acuity formula developed by his professor Franciscus Cornelius Donders.

  7. Field of view - Wikipedia

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    If the analogy of the eye's retina working as a sensor is drawn upon, the corresponding concept in human (and much of animal vision) is the visual field. [2] It is defined as "the number of degrees of visual angle during stable fixation of the eyes". [3] Note that eye movements are excluded in the visual field's definition.

  8. The Right Way to Position Your Arm for Accurate BP Readings - AOL

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    In other words, the results showed that having your arm resting in the lap during a blood pressure reading may lead to an overestimated systolic blood pressure measurement by 3.9 mm Hg and an ...

  9. Worth 4 dot test - Wikipedia

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    The 2 red lights from the right eye are seen on the right side; The 3 green lights from the left eye are seen on the left side; This is recorded as: W4LT (D): 5 lights (Uncrossed Diplopia) ET NB: The clinician will be unable to indicate which eye is the deviating eye based on these results alone.