Computerized kinetic perimetry detects tubular visual fields in patients with functional visual loss.

Abstract

To report a novel test that uses computerized kinetic perimetry to detect tubular visual fields in patients with functional visual loss. Observational case series. Ten patients who demonstrated generalized visual field constriction on prior examinations underwent testing combining computerized kinetic perimetry with a reversed Galilean telescope, used for optical visual field expansion. Six patients with physiologic visual field constriction demonstrated expansion of their visual fields with the use of the reversed telescope. Four patients with functional visual loss responded to the reversed telescope by demonstrating tubular visual fields, with responses equal to or smaller than their demonstrated visual fields delineated without the telescope. This test uses a computerized kinetic examination to reduce the subjective nature of tangent screen testing for tubular visual fields and to provide a computerized recording of visual fields. This method is a novel and easy-to-use technique to demonstrate functional visual loss.