J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2002 Dec;43(12):2475-2482.

Visual Field in Normal Korean Subjects: Traquair's "Hill of Vision"

• Ha SM
• Hong SP
• Han SH

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate Traquair's "hill of vision" of the normal Korean subjects in the photopic and mesopic background.
METHODS
Automated perimetry was performed in 152 normal subjects using Humphrey 24-2 SITA standard (photopic background, n=100) and Octopus G1 full threshold (mesopic background, n=52) program. We calculated and compared the threshold sensitivity and sensitivity deviation of the visual field by the fashion of the superior/inferior hemi-field, temporal/nasal hemi-field, quadrant, and 5 degrees ring.
RESULTS
In Humphrey, average mean deviation (MD) and pattern standard deviation (PSD) were -1.22+/-0.86 and 1.43+/-0.33 dB, respectively. In Octopus, average MD and PSD were -3.39+/-1.39 and 1.67+/-0.23 dB, respectively. In both Humphrey and Octopus, the average threshold sensitivity of the inferior hemi-field was slightly higher than that of the superior hemi-field. There was no significant difference between the nasal and temporal hemi-field. The sensitivity was decreased with increasing the eccentricity. In the deviation map of the Humphrey, there were no significant differences in the comparisons of the hemifield, quadrant, and 5 degrees ring. In Octopus, there were no significant differences in the comparisons of the hemifield and quadrant. However, the sensitivity deviation was peaked at the fixation point and decreased with increasing the eccentricity.
CONCLUSIONS
These results indicate that the normal Korean subjects may have lower sensitivity than the normal age-matched controls of the automated perimetry, especially in the Octopus perimetry. In addition, this study suggests that the shape of the Traquair's "hill of vision" in the normal Korean subjects might be similar to that of the normal age-matched controls in Humphrey perimetry which was performed in photopic background, but it might be flatter in Octopus perimetry which was performed in mesopic background.

Keyword

Hill of vision; Mesopic; Photopic; Visual field

MeSH Terms

Octopodiformes
Visual Field Tests
Visual Fields*