Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 92-106 , January 2003

Motion Perception in Glaucoma Patients: A Review

  • Noor Shabana, DOMS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Dr Noor Shabana, SERI/Singapore National Eye Centre, 11, Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, Singapore
    • Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
    • ,
  • Valérie Cornilleau Pérès, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
    • Image Processing and Application Laboratory, CNRS, Singapore, Singapore
    • ,
  • Andrew Carkeet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
    • ,
  • Paul T.K Chew, FRCSE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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