The red reflex from retinoscopy's point of view. Reflections on a small area

Larry D. Roe; David L. Guyton

doi:10.1016/0039-6257(84)90099-7

The red reflex from retinoscopy's point of view. Reflections on a small area

Larry D. Roe, David L. Guyton

School of Medicine

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Abstract

The size of the area of retina that is involved in neutralization during retinoscopy is considerably smaller than intuition might suggest. Simple optical analysis reveals this area to be approximately 1 640 the area of the optic disc. This becomes important when retinoscoping high myopes with posterior staphylomas because even minimal misalignment with the visual axis may induce spherical error in the retinoscopic findings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	345-348
Number of pages	4
Journal	Survey of ophthalmology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6257(84)90099-7
State	Published - Jan 1 1984

Keywords

myopia
posterior staphyloma
red reflex
retinoscopy

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Ophthalmology

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