Abstract: In the practice of forensic clinical medicine, the inspection of the visual field is one of the essential measurement to evaluate the visual function. The technique of multi-focal visual evoked potentials, as an objective perimetry, can be used to examine the visual field more accurately and more sensitively but less time consuming. Popular investigations on this technique in recent years are summarized in this review.

Key words: multi-focal visual evoked potential, objective visual field, visual electrophsiology, forensic clinical medicine