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Third Edition
By
William Douthwaite, MSc, PhD, FBCO, DCLP, Professor of Optometry, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The 3rd edition of Contact Lens Optics & Lens Design provides a straightforward introduction and offers solutions to the vast majority of contact lens optics problems likely
to be encountered in practice. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains integral coverage of soft lenses, information on
the latest corneal measuring techniques, and expanded coverage of astigmatism and corneal toricity. It includes a new chapter on presbyopia
and separate treatment of orthokeratology. Also included on the CD-ROM, is a set of invaluable computer programs, which allow the users
to bypass tedious calculations in arriving at best fits.
Audience
All undergraduate optometry students, contact lens practitioners
Contents
1. Basic Visual Optics
2. The Contact Lens
3. Edge Lift and Edge Thickness
4. Aspherical Surfaces
5. Measurement
of the Cornea
6. Contact Lens Design
7. Astigmatism and Corneal Toricity
8. Correction of Presbyopia by Contact
Lenses
9. Miscellaneous Features
10. Checking the Lens Specification
11. Computer Programs
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 436 pages, publication date: DEC-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8879-6
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8879-3
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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