Biomaterial Database

[Low vision--management of visually impaired patients by magnifying vision aids. I: Physiological and optical basic principles]. 2002

H J Grein

Fachhochschule Jena, Germany. hans-juergen.grein@fh-jena.de

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011932	Reading	Acquiring information from text.
D001766	Blindness	The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.	Amaurosis,Bilateral Blindness,Blindness, Bilateral,Blindness, Legal,Blindness, Monocular,Blindness, Unilateral,Sudden Visual Loss,Unilateral Blindness,Blindness, Acquired,Blindness, Complete,Blindness, Hysterical,Blindness, Transient,Acquired Blindness,Amauroses,Bilateral Blindnesses,Complete Blindness,Hysterical Blindness,Legal Blindness,Monocular Blindness,Sudden Visual Losses,Transient Blindness,Visual Loss, Sudden
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D005139	Eyeglasses	A pair of ophthalmic lenses in a frame or mounting which is supported by the nose and ears. The purpose is to aid or improve vision. It does not include goggles or nonprescription sun glasses for which EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES is available.	Glasses,Spectacles,Sun Glasses, Prescription,Glasses, Prescription Sun,Prescription Sun Glasses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012682	Sensory Aids	Devices and materials used to extend the functioning of the senses, most often including materials adapted for those having visual or hearing impairments and also includes materials that have been translated from one sensory mode to another. (ERIC https://eric.ed.gov/?qt	Aid, Sensory,Aids, Sensory,Sensory Aid
D015354	Vision, Low	Vision considered to be inferior to normal vision as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of vision, or motility. Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g., MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, etc.).	Vision, Reduced,Vision, Subnormal,Vision, Diminished,Diminished Vision,Low Vision,Reduced Vision,Subnormal Vision
D055095	Optics and Photonics	A specialized field of physics and engineering involved in studying the behavior and properties of light and the technology of analyzing, generating, transmitting, and manipulating ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet range.	Photonics,Photonics and Optics
D019987	Visually Impaired Persons	Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living.	Blind Persons,Persons with Visual Impairments,Visually Disabled Persons,Blind Person,Disabled Person, Visually,Disabled Persons, Visually,Impaired Person, Visually,Impaired Persons, Visually,Person, Blind,Person, Visually Disabled,Person, Visually Impaired,Persons, Blind,Persons, Visually Disabled,Persons, Visually Impaired,Visually Disabled Person,Visually Impaired Person