Workshop on Visual Optics

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Sunday 8 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
• S. Marcos SPAINLight propagation in the eye
• Discussion
• 08.25    
• S. Marcos SPAIN Aberrations of the optical system
• Discussion
• 08.55
• A. Glasser USA Optics of crystalline lens and accommodative response
• Discussion
• 09.20
• S. Plainis GREECEState of the art assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity
• Discussion
• 09.50
• M.J. Tassignon BELGIUMIOL optics
• Discussion
• 10.15
• T. Olsen DENMARK IOL power calculation
• Discussion
• 10.45
• Break for ESCRS Symposium in Arena: Changing Pharmaceutical Treatment Patterns in Cataract Surgery
• 13.00
• Lunch break

Part II. Visual Behaviour (Visual Function)

Moderators: R. Applegate USA, P. Artal SPAIN

• 13.30
• R. Applegate USARetinal image quality
• Discussion
• 13.55
• I. Pallikaris GREECE
  Presbyoptics
•     
• Discussion
• 14.20 
• T. Van den Berg THE NETHERLANDSStraylight: importance of different domains of the point–spread function
• Discussion
  
• 14.45
• J. Rozema BELGIUM Epidemiology of the optical parameters of the eye
• Discussion
• 15.15
• P. Artal SPAINVisual function assessment using adaptive optics
• Discussion
• 15.40
• H. Ginis GREECEModelling visual function
• Discussion

Part III. Imaging the Human Eye

Moderators: D. Gatinel FRANCE, A. Pallikaris GREECE

• 16.05
• A. Pallikaris GREECEConfocal microscopy, from research to clinical practice
• Discussion
• 16.30
• C. Roberts USA
  Measuring the biomechanics of the cornea
•     
• Discussion
• 16.55
• B. Malyugin RUSSIAClinical application of OCT imaging of the anterior segment of the eye
• Discussion
  
• 17.20
• D. Gatinel FRANCECorneal topography challenges
• Discussion
• 17.45
• End of session