Description:

Functional principles of different diagnostic and therapeutic ophthalmic devices will be discussed. Students will be able to test most of machines during practical lessons at clinical department. Overview, physical principles, technical construction and parameters of following devices and methods will be studied: slit lamp, ophthalmoscope (direct and indirect, confocal scanning), retinoscope, refractometer, tonometer, campimeter, Heidelberg retinal tomograph, optical coherence tomography, retinal nerve fibre layer analysis (GDx), specular (endothelial) microscope, devices for subjective investigation of astigmatism, devices for investigation of ocular movements, corneal topohraphs, testing of refractive balance, eikonometer, POLA-test, ortopic machines, Hertel exophthalmometer, devices for color vision testing.

Contents:

1. Magnifying aids (magnifiers, binoculars) and operating microscopes
2. Basic principles of examination of the human eye. Basic instruments used in everyday ophthalmic practice I (optotypes, slit lamp)
3. Basic instruments used in everyday ophthalmic practice II (direct and indirect ophthalmoscope, tonometers).
4. Instruments and methods for examining refractive state
5. Aberrometry, measurement of aberrations of the eye
6. Instruments used to examine the cornea I (keratometry, corneal topography)
7. Instruments used for corneal examination II (corneal pachymetry, endothelial microscope)
8. Instruments used for examination of the optic nerve papilla, retinal nerve fiber layer and visual field examination (HRT, GDx, perimetry)
9. Instruments used to examine the retinal layers (OCT, RTA), retinal camera, fluorescence angiography
10. Ultrasound in ophthalmology, ultrabiomicroscopy, ultrasound and optical biometry of the eye.
11. Instruments for the investigation of oculomotor functions and binocular vision
12. Instruments for the examination of colour vision
13. Laser systems in ophthalmology I
14. Laser systems in ophthalmology II

Recommended literature:

[1] KASCHKE, M., DONNERHACKE, K.H., RILL, M.S. Optical Devices in Ophthalmology and Optometry: Technology, Design Principles, and Clinical Applications. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2014. ISBN: 978-3527410682.
[2] ARTAL, P. Handbook of Visual Optics. Vol 1-2. CRC Press, Boca Raton 2017. ISBN: 978-1482237962.
[3] RABBETTS, R.B. Clinical Visual Optics, Butterworth-Heinemann, 4ed., London 2007. ISBN: 978-0750688741.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar