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INTRODUCTION<br />

ERIK L. GREVE<br />

Docum. Ophthal. Proc. Series, Vol. 19<br />

The 3rd <strong>International</strong> <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Field</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> was held on the 4th till the<br />

6th of May 1978 in Tokyo for the members <strong>and</strong> guests of the <strong>International</strong><br />

Perimetric Society.<br />

The Proceedings of this symposium follow the general lines of the pro-<br />

gramme with some minor alterations.<br />

This symposium was a so-called topic-symposium where selected topics<br />

were introduced by experts in the field.<br />

These topics were:<br />

Neuro-ophthalmology.<br />

1. Funduscopic correlates of visual field defects.<br />

2. <strong>Visual</strong> field defects due to tumors of the sellar region.<br />

Glaucoma.<br />

1. The earliest visual field defects in glaucoma.<br />

2. The reversibility of glaucomatous visual field defects.<br />

Methodology.<br />

1. Automation.<br />

2. The relation between the position of a lesion in the fundus <strong>and</strong> in the<br />

visual field.<br />

Apart from the introductory papers, free papers were given on the topics<br />

<strong>and</strong> also some non-topic free papers.<br />

Much attention has been given to the discussion. Most of the discussion<br />

remarks in this Proceedings are the original taped remarks of the discussion-<br />

speakers. We have choosen this form of presentation to take to the reader<br />

the athmosphere of the discussion <strong>and</strong> to preserve originality.<br />

The chairman of the sessions have presented a summary or even better an<br />

interpretation of the trends in their topics.<br />

This introduction gives a short overview of the main themes of the<br />

symposium.<br />

In the first section on Neuro-ophthalmology Frisen gave an introduction<br />

about fundoscopic correlates of visual field defects (V.F.D.) in lesions of the<br />

anterior visual pathway. Visible defects in the retinal nerve fiber layer<br />

(R.N.L.) were shown to exist in several diseases. Local R.N.L. defects usu-<br />

ally show a good correspondence with V.F.D. while a generalized reduction<br />

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