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Comparison of Pupil Perimetry and Visual Perimetry in Normal Eyes: Decibel Sensitivity and Variability

¹ From the Department of Ophthalmology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Taegu, Korea; ² Department of Ophthalmology, St. Adalbert’s Hospital, Gdansk-Zaspa, Poland; and ³ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, Iowa City.

PURPOSE. To compare the sensitivity and variability of pupil perimetry with visual perimetry at the same retinal locations in normal subjects.

METHODS. Pupil perimetry was performed on the right and left eyes of 10 normal subjects using a computerized infrared pupillometer equipped to present perimetric light stimuli and record pupil light reflexes. Eleven locations were tested at different intensities along the horizontal meridian of each eye, and the decibel sensitivity of the pupil light reflex was compared with the visual threshold at the same location.

RESULTS. The shape and height of the hill of vision (retinal sensitivity) was very similar between the right and left eyes of each individual using either pupil perimetry (R² = 0.69) or standard threshold perimetry (R² = 0.62) but was less similar between subjects. Comparisons between pupil and visual sensitivity revealed a lack of correlation at the same retinal location in normal eyes (R² = 0.19).

CONCLUSIONS. The high intereye correlation for either pupil or visual sensitivity may provide an important tool for detecting focal or asymmetric visual field damage. Although the basic shape of the sensitivity profile of pupil and visual responses was similar under the conditions of testing, the two did not correlate well within each eye among the normal subjects. This highlights that similarities do exist in the sensitivity profile of the two pathways, but they do not seem to vary in the same proportion between normal individuals.

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