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.

Section I: Ophthalmic Optics For Written Exam
. - Chapter 1. Geometric Optics. - Chapter 2. Prisms. - Chapter 3. Lenses. - Chapter 4. Mirrors and Combined Systems. - Chapter 5. Power of Lenses in Different Media. - Chapter 6. Lens Effectivity. - Chapter 7. Schematic Eye. - Chapter 8. Magnification and Telescopes. - Chapter 9. Accommodation and Presbyopia. - Chapter 10. Spherocylindrical Lenses. - Chapter 11. Astigmatism. - Chapter 12. Glasses for Written Exams. - Chapter 13. Contact Lenses for Written Exams. - Chapter 14. Physical Optics and Advanced Optical Principles. -
Section II: Ophthalmic Optics for Oral Exams and Clinical Practice
. - Chapter 15. Glasses in Clinical Practice. - Chapter 16. Construction of Glasses. - Chapter 17. Optical Instruments. - Chapter 18. Visual Activity Testing and Assessment. - Chapter 19. Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation. - Chapter 20. Contact Lenses in Clinical Practice. - Chapter 21. Clinical Problems with Optics and Refractive Manifestations. - Chapter 22. Optics for Clinical and Surgical Management of Strabismus. - Chapter 23. Pediatric Optics. - Chapter 24. Myopia Control. - Chapter 25. Optics in Micro-Gravity and Zero-Gravity Conditions. -
Section III: Ophthalmic Optics for Surgical Practice
. - Chapter 26. Preoperative Optics for Cataract Surgery. - Chapter 27. What' s on the Menu: An Overview of IOLs and Relevant Optics. - Chapter 28. Intraoperative Optics for Cataract Surgery. - Chapter 29. Postoperative Optics for Cataract Surgery. - Chapter 30. Optics for Refractive Surgery.