Shukla, Aaron V.

Clinical optics primer for ophthalmic medical personnel a guide to laws, formulae, calculations, and clinical applications Aaron V. Shukla. - Thorofare, NJ SLACK Inc. c2009. - viii, 250 p. ill. 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Metric system -- Basic optical math -- Light, lasers, polarization, interference, and fluorescence -- Speed of light and refractive index -- Snell's law -- Critical angle -- Total internal reflection -- Types of lenses -- Reflection and mirrors -- Power of lenses -- Vergence equation --Multiple lens systems -- Magnification by lenses -- Prisms and dispersion -- Power of mirrors -- Spherical lenses -- Cylindrical lenses -- Spherocylindrical lenses -- Optical cross -- Conoid of sturm -- Optical system of the human eye -- Refracting power of a curved surface -- Accommodation -- Refractive errors -- Prentice's rule, decentration, and induced prism -- Spectacle lenses -- Contact lenses.

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Physiological optics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Vision disorders--Problems and Exercises.
Ophthalmology--methods--Problems and Exercises.
Ophthalmic assistants--Problems and Exercises.
Eyeglasses--Problems and Exercises.
Contact Lenses--Problems and Exercises.
Refractive Errors--diagnosis--Problems and Exercises.
Ophthalmic assistants--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

QP475 / .S555 2009

612.8/4

2009 C-541 WW 18.2 / S562c 2009