April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
The effect of Bangerter filters on binocular summation in anisometropic amblyopia
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Zidong Chen
    State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • Jinrong LI
    State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • Benjamin Thompson
    Department of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Robert Hess
    Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Daming Deng
    State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • Minbin Yu
    State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Zidong Chen, None; Jinrong LI, None; Benjamin Thompson, US12528934 (P), US8006372B2 (P); Robert Hess, US12528934 (P), US8006372B2 (P); Daming Deng, None; Minbin Yu, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2014, Vol.55, 798. doi:
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      Zidong Chen, Jinrong LI, Benjamin Thompson, Robert Hess, Daming Deng, Minbin Yu; The effect of Bangerter filters on binocular summation in anisometropic amblyopia. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):798.

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Abstract

Purpose: Binocular summation has been demonstrated in patients with amblyopia when suppression of the amblyopic eye is minimized. The aim of this study was to investigate whether penalization of the fellow eye with Bangerter filters would facilitate binocular contrast summation in patients with anisometropic amblyopia.

Methods: Contrast sensitivity (CS) was assessed psychophysically using Gabor patches combined with a two alternative forced choice orientation discrimination task and a 3 down 1 up staircase procedure. 22 controls and 26 patients with anisometropic amblyopic participated in the study. CS was measured for five spatial frequencies (0.5, 1, 3, 9 and 16 cycles per degree; cpd) under binocular and monocular viewing conditions with no penalization and for 3cpd and 9cpd with 0.2 and 0.4 strength Bangerter filters placed over the fellow (or dominant) eye. Testing order was randomized. Binocular summation ratios (BSRs) were calculated for each spatial frequency by dividing binocular sensitivity by the monocular sensitivity of the most sensitive eye.

Results: In the absence of Bangerter filters, control observers showed binocular summation at all spatial frequencies whereas amblyopes showed binocular summation at 0.5 and 1 cpd only. For the majority of amblyopes, contrast sensitivity for medium spatial frequencies (3 and 9 cpd) could be equated between the two eyes by placing a 0.4 strength Bangerter filter over the fellow eye. This resulted in measurable binocular summation for the 3 cpd stimulus. The 0.2 strength filter tended to result in poorer contrast sensitivity for fellow eyes than amblyopic eyes.

Conclusions: Under certain conditions Bangerter filters may promote binocular contrast summation in patients with anisometropicamblyopia.

Keywords: 417 amblyopia • 434 binocular vision/stereopsis  
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