Visual Impairment: Diagnosis and Management
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 5687
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Interests: low vision; blindness; visual impairment; assessment of visual dysfunction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Visual impairment ranges from uncorrected refractive errors to genetic disorders to age-related vision loss from diabetes, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. This Special Issue aims to explore both the diagnosis and management of the full range of visual impairments. Reviews and experimental studies will be considered. Case reports will not be accepted. All submissions will be subject to peer review.
Diagnostic methods include, but are not limited to:
- Behavioral assessment including visual acuity;
- Imaging of the visual system;
- Electrophysiological assessment of the visual system;
- Questionnaires to assess the patient's vision.
Management of visual impairment includes, but is not limited to:
- Behavioral training of sensory or motor systems to compensate for loss;
- Biochemical approaches to delay, halt, or reverse visual changes;
- Development and training in the use of devices to improve function. These include:
- Classic optical devices;
- Electronic aids;
- Sensory substitution methods.
Prof. Dr. James Vernon Odom
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- visual impairment
- low vision
- vision loss
- diagnosis
- visual dysfunction
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