Eye surgery

Eye surgery

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photoablation

Eyewear; Optometry

The "cold" process of tissue removal which occurs with excimer laser radiation in the 200nm wavelength range. This far-ultraviolet wavelength possess light photons so powerful that the molecular ...

gaussian

Eyewear; Optometry

This is a profile of how excimer energy is applied. Used primarily on flying spot lasers, more energy is applied to the center of the spot than at the outer edges.

photocoagulation

Eyewear; Optometry

The process of tissue destruction accomplished by visible light radiation. Tissue is broken down by the light and "clots" as if it were cooked.

This is a common term for double images. If you look at a clock and some of the numbers have a lighter ghost image just off to the side, this is ghosting. Detailed Double Vision and Ghosting After ...

Eyewear; Optometry

Front or forward portion.

endophthalmitis

Eyewear; Optometry

An inflammation within the eye. Inflammations may be caused by organisms such as bacteria or may be sterile as in immune disorders. Endophthalmitis usually indicates an infectious disease, but ...