2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
3 Clinical Optics
Chapter 8: Optical Instruments
This chapter includes a related video, which can be accessed by scanning the QR code provided in the text or going to www.aao.org/bcscvideo_section03.
Highlights
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Instruments for refraction and topography: lensmeter, autorefractor, keratometer, corneal topographer, aberrometer
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Instruments for anterior- and posterior-segment examination: slit-lamp biomicroscope, applanation tonometer, surgical microscope, specular microscopy, ophthalmoscope, fundus camera, scanning laser ophthalmoscope, optical coherence tomography
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State-of-the-art technological advances in corneal topography, wavefront aberrometry, optical coherence tomography, and adaptive optics
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series : Section 3 - Clinical Optics. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.