Last-Minute Optics
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Last-Minute Optics

A Concise Review of Optics, Refraction, and Contact Lenses

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eBook - ePub

Last-Minute Optics

A Concise Review of Optics, Refraction, and Contact Lenses

About this book

The popular optics review manual, Last-Minute Optics: A Concise Review of Optics, Refraction, and Contact Lenses, has been revised and updated into a Second Edition. This unique resource boils down the overwhelming subject matter of clinical optics and refraction, helping the ophthalmologist cover the essentials in a single review manual. The content is based upon the practical experience of two clinically active experts who lecture on ophthalmic optics around the world.

This updated Second Edition by Drs. David G. Hunter and Constance E. West includes new questions added to selected chapters and a new chapter covering refractive surgery, as well as a key chapter that helps you evaluate patients with symptoms related directly to optical or refractive concerns. The complex concepts of optics are revealed in easy-to-understand explanations enhanced by simple illustrations.

Last-Minute Optics, Second Edition allows you to test your knowledge while increasing your understanding of optics. Designed in a clear, concise, question-and-answer format, this book allows for self-assessment and a chance to test your understanding before you read the answer.

Features of the Second Edition:

  • Written in a light and approachable style to make optics accessible and understandable
  • Unique question-and-answer format allows for self-assessment while studying to identify areas where more work is needed
  • Perfect for limited study time
  • Includes real-life examples that are clinically relevant
  • Numerous practical tips to help enhance clinical practice
  • Includes 223 questions and answers

Whether you're an ophthalmologist, ophthalmic technician, resident or student, reviewing the optics facts and concepts is easier with Last-Minute Optics: A Concise Review of Optics, Refraction, and Contact Lenses, Second Edition.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781556429279
eBook ISBN
9781040136850
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Opthalmology & Optometry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Figure List
  8. Table List
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. About the Authors
  11. Introduction to the First Edition
  12. Introduction to the Second Edition
  13. Section 1. Basic Principles
  14. Section 2. Vergence, Lenses, Objects, and Images
  15. Section 3. The Model Eye
  16. Section 4. Visual Acuity Testing
  17. Section 5. Refraction and Optical Dispensing
  18. Section 6. Lens Effectivity and Vertex Distance
  19. Section 7. Accommodation, Presbyopia, and Bifocals
  20. Section 8. Astigmatism
  21. Section 9. Aberrations, Distortions, and Irregularities
  22. Section 10. Contact Lenses
  23. Section 11. Intraocular Lenses
  24. Section 12. Refractive Surgery
  25. Section 13. Magnification and Telescopes
  26. Section 14. Low Vision
  27. Section 15. Mirrors
  28. Section 16. Prisms and Diplopia
  29. Section 17. Instruments
  30. Section 18. Good People, Bad Optics: The Dissatisfied Patient
  31. Section 19. Important Formulas
  32. Index