Description
Book SynopsisHandbook 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.
Trade Review"The Handbook is very readable…. It is most appropriate for researchers in visual optics and those involved in the design and testing of ophthalmic and optometric instrumentation. Trainees seeking a deeper understanding of the eye’s physiological optical system would also benefit from reading this text."
–EuroTimes (Nov 2017)
"This monumental and highly recommended work is a tribute to the irrevocable connection between the visual system (eye and brain) and optics. Outstanding benefits in diagnosing, treating and correcting vision improve lives throughout the world…. Artal and his contributors deftly explain the fundaments of geometrical and physical optics, as well as the anatomy, physiological optics, instrumentation and neuroscience related to vision, in a manner that is clear, comprehensive, modern and historically correct in the attribution of credit. The rigorous text is augmented by full-color graphics, clinical images, tables of clinical data, and extensive references."
–Optics & Photonics News (Jul 2017), review by Barry R. Masters
"The Handbook is very readable…. It is most appropriate for researchers in visual optics and those involved in the design and testing of ophthalmic and optometric instrumentation. Trainees seeking a deeper understanding of the eye’s physiological optical system would also benefit from reading this text." –EuroTimes (Nov 2017)
Table of ContentsPreface
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- INTRODUCTION
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1 History of Physiological Optics in the 20th Century
Gerald Westheimer
2 The Future of Visual Optics
David R. Williams
- FUNDAMENTALS
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3 Geometrical Optics
Jim Schwiegerling
4 Wave Optics
Daniel Malacara
5 Aberrations in Optical Systems
José Sasián
6 Photometry
Yoshi Ohno
7 Characterization of Visual Stimuli using the Standard Display Model
Joyce E. Farrell, Haomiao Jiang, and Brian A. Wandell
8 Basic Ophthalmic Instruments
Walter Furlan
9 Instrumentation for Adaptive Optics
Chris Dainty
10 Anatomy and Embryology of the Eye: An Overview
Vivian Choh and Jacob G. Sivak
11 The Retina
Michael A. Freed
12 Visual System Architecture
Jonathan Winawer and Hiroshi Horiguchi
13 Visual Psychophysical Methods
Denis G. Pelli and Joshua A. Solomon
- OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE EYE
14 The Cornea
Michael Collins, Stephen Vincent, and Scott Read
15 The Lens
Fabrice Manns
16 Schematic Eyes
David A. Atchinson
17 Axes and Angles of the Eye
David A. Atchinson
18 The Retina and the Stiles-Crawford Effects
Brian Vohnsen
19 Refractive Errors
David A. Wilson
20 Monochromatic Aberrations
Susana Marcos, Pablo Pérez-Merino, and Carlos Dorronsoro
21 Peripheral Aberrations
Linda Lundström and Robert Rosén
22 Customized Eye Models
Juan Tabernero
23 Scattering, Straylight, and Glare
Thomas J. T. P. van den Berg
24 Accommodation Mechanisms
Shrikant R. Bharadwaj
25 Accommodation Dynamics
Barry Winn and Lyle S. Gray
26 Eye Movements
Andrew J. Anderson
27 Aging and the Eye’s Optics
W. Neil Charman
28 Polarization Properties
Juan M. Bueno
