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Visual Optical Instruments and Recent Trends - VISN3131
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Optometry and Vision Science
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: VISN2131
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Objectives: A study of visual optical instruments and an understanding of the new developments in visual optics.

Brief curriculum: Working principles and optics of the direct and indirect opthalmoscopes, retinoscope, stereoscope, refraction systems, keratometer, slit lamp bio-microscope, radiuscope, pachometer, tonometer and goniometer. Lasers and their applications in visual optics: refractive surgery, scanning laser opthalmoscope, introduction to holography, diffractive optical elements, wavefront sensing and adaptive optics for the human eye, introduction to the use of software in lens design.

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