Clinical Optics and Refraction: A Guide for Optometrists, Contact Lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians

By Andrew Keirl

It provides a comprehensive and clinically based guide to visual optics. With its suggested routines and numerous examples, this new book offers a straightforward "how to approach" to the understanding of clinical optics, refraction and contact lens optics. Designed for easy access, it presents information in a concise format that highlights key, need-to-know points. Part 1 addresses the basic visual optics of the eye along with emmetropia, ametropia and the correction of ametropia with spectacle lenses. Part 2 turns to the optics of contact lenses and the use of contact lenses in vision correction.Numerous worked examples based on real examination questionsPractical and user friendly textOver 190 clear line diagramsAn essential passport to examination success and a valuable quick reference for practitioners

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750688890
• ISBN13: 9780750688895
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.6"