ABSTRACT

Handbook of Visual Optics offers an authoritative overview of encyclopedic knowledge in the field of physiological optics. It builds from fundamental concepts to the science and technology of instruments and practical procedures of vision correction, integrating expert knowledge from physics, medicine, biology, psychology, and engineering. The chapters comprehensively cover all aspects of modern study and practice, from optical principles and optics of the eye and retina to novel ophthalmic tools for imaging and visual testing, devices and techniques for visual correction, and the relationship between ocular optics and visual perception.

part |2 pages

PART I INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

PART II FUNDAMENTALS

chapter 3|12 pages

Geometrical optics

chapter 4|36 pages

Wave optics

chapter 5|8 pages

Aberrations in optical systems

chapter 6|10 pages

Photometry

chapter 8|18 pages

Basic ophthalmic instruments

chapter 11|18 pages

The retina

part |2 pages

PART III OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE EYE

chapter 14|22 pages

The cornea

chapter 15|24 pages

The lens

chapter 16|14 pages

Schematic eyes

chapter 17|8 pages

Axes and angles of the eye

chapter 19|16 pages

Refractive errors

chapter 21|24 pages

Peripheral aberrations

chapter 22|12 pages

Customized eye models

chapter 24|14 pages

Accommodation mechanisms

chapter 25|10 pages

Accommodation dynamics

chapter 26|18 pages

Eye Movements

chapter 27|8 pages

Aging and the eye’s optics

chapter 28|18 pages

Polarization properties