Clinical Optics Primer for Ophthalmic Medical Personnel : A Guide to Laws, Formulae, Calculations, and Clinical Applications
Por Aaron V. Shukla
"Each chapter throughout the text explains one optics concept in a concise account and includes applicable illustrations, formulae, laws, calculations, and review questions. Numerous examples of clinical applications are also included that address problems presented by patients in eye clinics.Some important laws of optics and their clinical applications covered:Lasers, polarization interference, and fluorescenceSnell's lawTotal internal reflectionSome important formulae in optics and their clinical applications covered:Vergence equationPower of prismsOptical system of the eyeAccommodation and ageRefractive errorsPrentice's Rule, decentration and induced prismGlasses and contact lensesWith the most up to date information for clinical optics, and two chapters solely devoted to the metric system and basic optical mathematics, Clinical Optics Primer for Ophthalmic Medical Personnel: A Guide to Laws, Formulae, Calculations, and Clinical Applications is essential for all ophthalmic assistants, technicians, and technologists, as well as optometrists, and ophthalmology residents."
ISBN: 9781556428999
Fecha de publicación: 2009-02-28