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Bagolini striated lenses

Bagolini striated lenses are plano lenses with fine parallel striations that turn a spotlight into a line image at 90° to the striations.1 Bagolini devised the test to assess retinal correspondence and suppression under conditions close to natural seeing. The lenses do not change accommodation, and the striations barely alter acuity or the perception of space.2

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  1. Eperjesi and Rundström, Practical Binocular Vision Assessment, ch. 7
  2. von Noorden and Campos, Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility, ch. 13
  3. von Noorden and Campos, Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility, ch. 12
  4. American Academy of Ophthalmology (2020) 'Bagolini Lenses', Basic and Clinical Science Course, Section 10: Glaucoma.
  5. Rowe, F.J. and Noonan, C.P. (2019) 'Could Modifying the Bagolini Glasses Improve the Reliability of Responses?', British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 15(1), pp. 28–35.

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