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Content: This course aims to introduce the refractive media of the eye, provide information about the pupil and its functions and anomalies, and explain the mechanism of vision. It covers accommodation, dioptric changes during accommodation, presbyopia and correction of other accommodation disorders, ametropia, types of ametropia, hyperopia, types of hyperopia, myopia, types of myopia, astigmatism, types of astigmatism, anisometropia, types of anisometropia, anisoconia, types of anisoconia, surgical correction of refractive errors, comparison of correction of refractive errors with glasses, contact lenses, and surgery, low vision, and rehabilitation for the visually impaired.
General Information on Optics
Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye and the Optical System of the Human Eye
Visual Pathways - Visual Fields and Light Reaction - Color Vision
Measurement of Visual Acuity, Factors Affecting Visual Acuity
Emetropia – Ametropia, Myopia
Hypermetropia and Astigmatism
Presbyopia and Cycloplegia
Objective and Subjective Methods in Measuring Refractive Errors
Skiascopy
Correction of Myopia and Hypermetropia with Glasses
Correction of Astigmatism and Presbyopia with Glasses
Anizometropia, Laser Correction of Refractive Errors
Correction of Refractive Errors with Surgical Methods and Contact Lenses
Use of Prismatic Glasses, Telescopes and Optical Devices |