Optometry

Optometry

A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.

Industry: Eyewear; Health care

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keratoconus

Health care; Optometry

Degeneration and thinning of the cornea resulting in a cone-shaped bulge (a type of irregular astigmatism). The cause is unknown, but may be genetic. The first symptom is blurred vision that ...

wavefront

Health care; Optometry

Describes technology used to "map" how the eye processes images, enabling correction through surgery or lenses for obscure vision errors.

geographic atrophy

Health care; Optometry

Deterioration of tissue in the central portion of the retina, often associated with aging. Geographic atrophy (GA) is considered the end stage of a "dry" form of age-related macular degeneration, ...

femtosecond laser

Health care; Optometry

Device that creates bursts of laser energy at an extremely fast rate measured in terms of a unit known as a femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second). These ultra fast energy pulses precisely ...

phoropter

Health care; Optometry

Device that provides various combinations of lenses used for tests of vision errors in eye examinations.

corneal implants

Health care; Optometry

Devices (such as rings or contacts) placed in the eye, usually to correct vision.

bioptic telescopic lenses (BTL)

Health care; Optometry

Devices attached to glasses that provide extreme magnification, typically used for driving. For people with low vision who are qualified, telescopic lenses are attached above the driver's line of ...