Table of Contents & Index

Essential Optics Review for the Boards
7" x 10", Softcover Book, 148 pages, Copyright 2006
Mark Wilkinson, OD
Edited by Andrew Doan, MD, PhD

Title Page

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1. Light: Nature, History, and Movement


2. Vergence


3. Lens Systems


4. Simple Lens Formula


5. Depth of Focus


6. Depth of Field


7. Multiple Lens Systems


8. Lens Effectivity


9. Focal Points


10. Ray Tracings – Lenses


11. Optical Media and Indices of Refraction


12. Snell’s Law of Refraction


13. Apparent Thickness Formula


14. Law of Reflection and Critical Angle


15. Mirrors


16. Ray Tracings – Mirrors


17. Prisms: Prism Diopters


18. Prentice’s Rule


19. Lenses: Surface type, Cylindrical Optics, Astigmatism Types, Astigmatism of Oblique Incidence, Interval/Conoid of Sturm, Spherical Equivalent, Power Transposition, and Base Curves


20. Aberrations: Chromatic, Chromatic dispersion, Monochromatic, Spherical, Aperture size, Coma, Aplanatic Systems, Curvature of Field, and Distortion


21. Schematic Eye


22. Refractive/Axial Myopia and Hyperopia


23. Knapp’s Law


24. Far Point of the Eye


25. Near Point of the Eye


26. Accommodation: Amplitude, Range, Resting level, Measuring, Push up test, Prince rule, and Spherical Lens test Page


27. Magnification: Relative distance, Relative size, Angular, Basics, Transverse/Linear, Axial, Effective, Rated, Conventional, Magnification Ratings, and Determining Needed Magnification Page


28. Telescopes: Keplerian and Galilean


29. Aniseikonia: Cylindrical Corrections


30. Multifocal Design: Image jump and Image displacement


31. Types of Visual Acuity Testing: Minimum Visible Acuity, Minimum Perceptible Acuity, Minimum Separable Acuity, Vernier Acuity, Minimum Legible Acuity, Snellen Acuity


32. Contrast Sensitivity Testing


33. Jackson Cross Cylinder


34. Duochrome test


35. Night Myopia


36. Ring Scotoma


37. Lens Maker Equation


38. IOL Power Computation (SRK Formula)


39. Instruments: Lens Clock, Lensometer, Ophthalmoscopes-Direct/Indirect, Keratometer, Gonioscope, and Retinoscope


40. Miscellaneous: Lens Tilt


41. Formulas at a glance


42. Bibliography