Handbook of Visual Optics, Two-Volume Set

Book Description:

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.

Table of Contents:

Volume One: Fundamentals and Eye Optics. Fundamentals/Background. Optical properties of the eye. Volume Two: Instrumentation and Vision Correction. Ophthalmic instrumentation. Vision correction. Impact of eye’s optics in vision.