Binocular Vision. Development, Depth Perception and Disorders (Eye and Vision Research Developments)

Book Description:

"Binocular vision" literally means vision with two eyes, and refers to the special attributes of vision with both eyes open, rather than one eye only. Our perception under binocular conditions represents a highly complex coordination of motor and sensory processes and is markedly different from and more sophisticated than vision with one eye alone. This book reviews our ability to use both eyes, while also providing basic information on the development of binocular vision and on the clinical disorders that interfere with our depth perception, such as strabismus and amblyopia. This book also describes the development of eye movement control, particularly those that are important for reading. In addition, the authors of this book review the phenomenon of ocular dominance (OD) in the light of the types of test used to identify it; question whether inter-test agreement of OD in an individual might be anticipated, and address some practical implications of OD as demonstrated in healthy eyes and in cases where there is compromised binocular function. Other chapters in this book disclose new methodologies in congenital nystagmus eye movements analysis and evaluate heterophoria as an important element of assessment of binocular vision disorders.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• New Trends in Surface Reconstruction using Space-Time Cameras: Fusing Structure from Motion, Silhouette, and Stereo
  (Hossein Ebrahimnezhad, Hassan Ghassemian, Sahand University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tabriz East Azerbaijan, Iran, and others)
• Ocular Dominance with Binocular Vision
  (Jonathan S. Pointer, Optometric Research, Northamptonshire, UK)
• Three-Dimensional Vision Based on Binocular Imaging and Approximation Networks of a Laser Line
  (J. Apolinar Muñoz-Rodríguez, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, A. C., Leon, Mexico)
• Eye Movement Analysis in Congenital Nystagmus: Concise Parameters Estimation
  (Pasquariello Giulio, Cesarelli Mario, La Gatta Antonio, Bifulco Paolo, Fratini Antonio, Dept. of Biomedical, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University “Federico II” of Naples, Napoli, Italy, and others)
• Evolution of Computer Vision Systems
  (Vladimir Grishin, Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
• Binocular Vision and Depth Perception: Development and Disorders
  (Ken Asakawa, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kitasato University Graduate School, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan)
• Repeatability of Prism Dissociation and Tangent Scale near Heterophoria Measurements in Straightforward Gaze and in Downgaze
  (David A. Goss, Douglas K. Penisten, Kirby K. Pitts, Denise A. Burns, School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and others)
• Temporarily Blind in One Eye: Emotional Pictures Predominate in Binocular Rivalry
  (Georg W. Alpers, Antje B. M. Gerdes, University of Würzburg and University of Bielefeld, Germany)*
• Stereo-Based Candidate Generation for Pedestrian Protection Systems
  (David Geronimo, Angel D. Sappa, Antonio M. Lopez, Computer Vision Center and Computer Science Department, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)
• Development of Saccade Control
  (Burkhart Fischer, Univ. of Freiburg, Optomotor Lab., Freiburg, Germany)*
• Short Commentary: Ocular Dominance
  (Jonathan S. Pointer, Optometric Research, Northamptonshire, UK)
• Index