Clinical Optics and Refraction

A Guide for Optometrists, Contact Lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians
Herausgeber: Keirl, Andrew; Christie, Caroline

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by authors with years of experience in teaching optics and dispensing, this book gives an account of the field of spectacle and contact lens optics in relation to the clinical context. Aimed at students and student dispensing opticians, it contains examples and illustrations aimed at giving them help in understanding the practical issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 190mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9780750688895
• ISBN-10: 0750688890
• Artikelnr.: 22579572

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Background Optical Principles. Schematic Eyes, Emmetropia and
Ametropia. Emmetropia and Ametropia. The Correction of Spherical Ametropia.
The Basic terinal Image. Spectacle Magnification and the Corrected Retinal
Image. Astigmatism. Retinoscopy. Visual Acuity and the Measurement of
Visual Function. Subjective Refraction: Principles and Techniques for the
Correction of Spherical Ametropia. Subjective Refraction: Principles and
Techniques for the Correction of Astigmatic Ametropia. Binocular Balancing
and Binoculer Refraction. Accommodation and Presbyopia. Determination of
the Near Addition. Convergence. Automated Methods of Refraction.
Part 2. The Correction of Refractive Errors Using Contact Lenses.
Measurement of the Cornea: The Keratometer and Beyond. Ray-tracing Through
RGP Contact Lenses and Contact Lens-Tear Lens Systems. Spectacle
Magnification and Relative Spectacle Magnification. Contact Lens Materials:
Physical and Optical Properties. The Correction of Astigmatism with Rigid
Gas Permeable Contact Lenses. The Correction of Astigmatism with Soft
Contact Lenses. Ray-tracing Through Soft Contact Lenses and Soft Contact
Lens Hydration Factors. The Correction of Presbyopia with Contact Lenses.
Over-refraction Techniques in Contact Lens Practice. Accommodation and
Convergence: Spectacles vs Contact Lenses. Accommodation and Convergence:
Spectacles versus Contact Lenses. The Axial and Radial Edge Thicknesses of
a Contact Lens. Contact Lens Verification. Binoculer Vision: The Basics.
Binocular Vision Considerations in Contact Lens Practice.