Clinical optics primer for ophthalmic medical personnel a guide to laws, formulae, calculations, and clinical applications

Clinical optics primer for ophthalmic medical personnel : a guide to laws, formulae, calculations, and clinical applications / Aaron V. Shukla.

Author/creator	Shukla, Aaron V., 1950-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Thorofare, NJ : SLACK Inc.,
Description	viii, 250 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Physiological optics--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Ophthalmic assistants--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Refractive Errors--diagnosis --Problems and Exercises. Contact Lenses--Problems and Exercises. Eyeglasses--Problems and Exercises. Ophthalmic Assistants--Problems and Exercises. Ophthalmology--methods --Problems and Exercises. Vision Disorders--Problems and Exercises.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008046243
ISBN	9781556428999 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1556428995 (alk. paper)

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