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OPTICS
Section Editor: David A. Meyer, OD, FAAO
Optics Fundamental Lectures
Geometric Optics
- General/Overview
- Rays, Refraction, and Reflection
- Spherocylindrical Lenses
- Prisms
Optics and the Eye
- Visual Acuity
- Refractive States of the Eyes
- Myopia
- Hyperopia
- Astigmatism
- Binocular States of the Eyes
- Accommodation and Presbyopia
- Epidemiology of Refractive Errors
- Developmental MyopiaandMyopicProgression
- Prevention of Refractive Errors
Clinical Refraction
- General/Overview
- Objective Refraction Technique: Retinoscopy
- Subjective Refraction Techniques
- Cycloplegic and Noncycloplegic Refraction
- Spectacle Correction of Ametropias
- Prescribing for Children
- Clinical Accommodative Problems
- Prescribing Multifocal Lenses
- Prescribing Special Lenses
Contact Lenses
- General/Overview
- Contact Lens Glossary
- Clinically Important Features of Contact Lens Optics
- Contact Lens Materials and Manufacturing
- Patient Examination and Contact Lens Selection
- Contact Lens Fitting
- Over-Refraction
- Orthokeratology and Corneal Reshaping
- Specialty Contact Lenses for Keratoconus
- Specialty Contact Lenses for Other Corneal Irregularities
- Contact Lens Care and Solutions
- Contact Lens–Related Problems and Complications
- Therapeutic Use of Contact Lenses for Ocular Surface Disease
Optical Instruments and Low Vision Aids
- General/Overview
- Magnification
- Telescopes
- Optical Instruments Used in Ophthalmic Practice
- Optical Aids
- Nonoptical Aids
- Instruction and Training
Physical Optics
- General/Overview
- Diffraction
- The Speed of Light
- The Superposition of Waves
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Light Sources
- Light Scattering
- Light Hazards
- Clinical Applications
- Diffraction
- Image Quality—Modulation Transfer Function
