Optics for the New Millennium

This textbook serves as a comprehensive manual on Optics that includes both didactics and assessment questions in an easy-to-read format. It provides an educational and entertaining resource that reinforces the relevance of the subject matter to modern clinical and surgical ophthalmology practice. The book offers a one-stop compendium for students studying for certification exams and for practicing ophthalmologists to review and learn Optics that will have relevance to their day-to-day practice. Chapters are written in a teaching-oriented style and include hi-yield summaries, 375+ original figures, and 190+ review questions.

The book is divided into three areas of focus:

• Written Exam Preparation
• Oral Exam Preparation and Clinical Practice
• Ophthalmic Optics for Surgical Practice

Optics for the New Millennium is a must-have resource for ophthalmology residents as well as practicing ophthalmologists with clinical, surgical and testable relevance.

Table of Contents

Part I: Ophthalmic Optics for Written Exams

Geometric Optics

Prisms in Ophthalmic Optics

Lenses

Mirrors and Combined Systems

Power of Lenses in Different Media

Lens Effectivity

Schematic Eye

Magnification and Telescopes

Accommodation and Presbyopia

Spherocylindrical Lenses

Astigmatism

Glasses for Written Exams

Contact Lenses for Written Exams

Physical Optics and Advanced Optical Principles

Part II: Optics for Oral Exams and Clinical Practice

Glasses in Clinical Practice

Construction of Glasses (Ophthalmologists as Opticians)

Optical Instruments and Machines

Visual Acuity Testing and Assessment

Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation

Contact Lenses in Clinical Practice

Clinical Problems with Optics and Refractive Manifestations

Optics for Clinical and Surgical Management of Strabismus

Pediatric Optics

Myopia Control

Optics in Micro-Gravity and Zero-Gravity Conditions

Part Ill: Optics for Surgical Practice

Preoperative Opt ics for Cataract Surgery

What’s on the Menu: An Overview of Currently Available IOLs and Relevant Optics

lntraoperative Optics for Cataract Surgery

Postoperative Optics for Cataract Surgery

Opt ics for Refractive Surgery

About the Authors

Kamran M. Riaz, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

G. Vike Vicente, MD

Eye Doctors of Washington

Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Georgetown University Hospital

Department of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology

Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Daniel Wee, MD

Center for Sight

Stockton, CA, USA