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The introduction of perimetry to the eld of oph­thalmology is credited to Albrecht von Graefe in the mid-nineteenth century, building on the revo­lutionary work of the founder of the ophthalmo­scope, Hermann von Helmholtz [1]. In 1856, these early ophthalmologists used various xa­tion points during fundus examinations to create a visual eld plot [2]. Nearly a century following these experiments, clinicians began publishing documentation of retinal sensitivity while exam­ining the fundus. Early devices permitting static fundus-tracked perimetry were reported in the late 1970s [3]. Subsequent key developments in microperimetry were made following the inven­tion of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) by Webb, Hughes, and Pomerantzeff in 1980 [4]. The originally designed SLO used a laser to illu­minate a small area of the retina, employing a novel principle in which light was collected from one retinal point at a time [5]. This method facili­tates repeated inspection of the retina and allows the exact locus of each point to be viewed directly by the clinician to measure acuity and investigate macular disease [5].