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Relative micropsia was measured by a matching technique in patients with unilateral, benign, macular edema. Quantitative assessment of foveolar micropsia appeared to be a sensitive indicator of receptor displacement in this disorder, and may be a useful tool both for diagnosing and for monitoring macular edema.
Parallel measurements of grating acuity showed a close proportionality between acuity and micropsia parameters. This result validates a new quantitative theory for the neuro-retinal basis of visual acuity. The theory allows prediction of the proportion of working visual neurons in patients with impaired acuity due to diseases that produce a diffuse loss, or disconnection, of macular cones. Our results indicate that so-called normal visual acuity (1.0, or 20/20) requires no more than 44% of the normal quantity of foveolar, neuro-retinal channels.
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Frisén, L., Frisén, M. Micropsia and visual acuity in macular edema. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 210, 69–77 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409993
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