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The separation of local and diffuse visual field loss is important for evaluating the nature and extent of glaucomatous visual field damage. Here, five automated methods for estimating diffuse loss in glaucomatous visual fields (as measured with the Octopus Gl program) are compared. Four are taken from the published literature, and one is introduced in this investigation. It is shown that the new index (here called diffuse loss) provides the best agreement with a value determined using a more empirical approach.
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This work was supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation Grant 32-27563.89 and in part by the Swiss Foundation to Prevent and Combat Blindness
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Funkhouser, A., Flammer, J., Fankhauser, F. et al. A comparison of five methods for estimating general glaucomatous visual field depression. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 230, 101–106 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00164644
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