Workshop on Visual Optics

Sunday 6 October | 08.00 – 17.45

Chairpersons: I. Pallikaris GREECE, M. J. Tassignon BELGIUM

Part I. Visual Optics

Moderators: I. Pallikaris GREECE, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM

• 08.00
• Welcome
• 08.05
• F. Van de Velde BELGIUM
  Light propagation in the eye
  Discussion
• 08.30
• S. Marcos SPAIN
  Aberrations of the optical system
  Discussion
• 09.00
• A. Glasser USA
  Optics of crystalline lens and accommodative response
  Discussion
• 09.25
• J. Rozema BELGIUM
  Epidemiology of the optical parameters of the eye
  Discussion
• 09.50
• M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM
  IOL optics
  Discussion
• 10.15
• W. Haigis GERMANY
  IOL power calculation
  Discussion
• 10.45
• Break for ESCRS Symposium: Femtosecond-assisted cataract surgery:
  Euphoria amid skepticism and financial restraints
• 13.00
• Lunch break

Part II.  Visual Behaviour (Visual Function)

Moderators: R. Applegate USA, P. Artal SPAIN

• 13.30
• R. Applegate USA                       
  Retinal image quality
  Discussion
• 13.55
• I. Pallikaris GREECE
  Presbyoptics
  Discussion
• 14.20
• T. Van den Berg THE NETHERLANDS
  Straylight: importance of different domains of the point-spread-function
  Discusssion
• 14.45
• S. Plainis GREECE
  State of the art assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity
  Discussion
• 15.15
• P. Artal SPAIN
  Visual function assessment using adaptive optics
  Discussion
• 15.40
• H. Ginis GREECE
  Modelling visual function
  Discussion

Part III.  Imaging the Human Eye

Moderators: A. Pallikaris GREECE, J. Rozema BELGIUM

• 16.05
• A. Pallikaris GREECE
  Confocal microscopy, from research to clinical practice
  Discussion
• 16.30
• J. Rozema BELGIUM
  Scheimpflug imaging of the anterior segment of the eye
  Discussion
• 16.55
• B. Malyugin RUSSIA
  Clinical application of OCT imaging of the anterior segment of the eye
  Discusssion
• 17.20
• D. Reinstein UK
  Very high frequency ultrasound for the imaging of the cornea
  Discussion
• 17.45
• End of session