Aberration-Free Refractive Surgery
Subtitle: New Frontiers in Vision
By: edited by Josef F. Bille, Carol F. H. Harner, Frieder F. Loesel
Contributors: Harner, C. F. H. (Carol F. H.); Loesel, Frieder F.
Edition: Second, Enlarged Edition.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9783642621116; 9783642181610
Subjects: Medicine; Ophthalmology
Description: Refractive surgeons and clinicians are searching for a more customized approach to refractive surgery. This comprehensive report on sight correction through laser surgery provides the practitioner with solid background information from top industry researchers. Carefully illustrated, it details the latest techniques and clinical results in wavefront technology for laser surgery, which is now defining a new standard of practice. This second edition has been significantly expanded to include in-depth descriptions of important new advances as well as glimpses of what the future holds. The book will be indispensable to all wishing to extend their knowledge of customized refractive surgery with an understanding of the underpinning technology.
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Table of contents: title: The Development of Wavefront Technology and Its Application to Ophthalmology; title: Wavefront Technology for Vision and Ophthalmology; title: An Aberration Generator for the Calibration of Wavefront-Sensing Optometers; title: Optical Quality of the Human Eye; title: First Clinical Results with WaveScanTM; title: Wavefront Analysis - Clinical Primer; title: The VISX STAR S3TM ActiveTrakTM Eye Tracker; title: VISX STAR S4 Cyclotorsional Eye Tracking; title: Full Registration of the Laser Ablation to the Wavefront Measurement; title: Variable Spot Scanning and Wavefront-Guided Laser Vision Correction; title: Wavefront Driven Custom Ablation: First Clinical Results; title: Photorefractive Keratectomy: Indications, Surgical Techniques, Complications, and Results; title: Reviewing the Wavefront Clinical Trials: Myopia, Hyperopia, Presbyopia, and Reduced Acuity; title: Refractive Surgical Applications of Ultrashort Pulse Lasers; title: Femtosecond Laser Technology in Keratoplasty; title: Appendix A: Refractive Society Symposium; title: Appendix B: Refractive Outcomes with "One-Step"-Wavefront-Guided LASIK.