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ShareThe term visual field is often used in ophthalmology, where a visual field test is used to determine whether the visual field is affected by diseases that cause local scotoma or a more extensive loss of vision..
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Functional neuroimaging — Functional neuroimaging is the use of neuroimaging technology to measure an aspect of brain function, often with a view to understanding the ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Visual field at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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