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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788945903321

Autore

Shukla Aaron V. <1950->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thorofare, New Jersey : , : SLACK Inc., , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

1-61711-222-4

1-61711-682-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

612.8/4

Soggetti

Physiological optics

Ophthalmic assistants

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.