Basic Optics Course

This course is EBO accredited - click here for more information

Friday 3 February
08.30 – 15.40

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

Part I. Visual Optics

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

• 08.30
• F. Van de Velde BELGIUM
  Light propagation in the eye 
• 08.50
• S. Marcos SPAIN
  Aberrations of the optical system
• 09.15
• A. Glasser USA
  Optics of crystalline lens and accommodative response 
• 09.35
• T. Van den Berg THE NETHERLANDS
  Straylight: Importance of different domains of the point-spread function
• 09.55
• M.J. Tassignon  BELGIUM
  IOL optics
• 10.15
• J. Rozema BELGIUM
  Epidemiology of the optical parameters of the eye
• 10.35
• W. Haigis GERMANY
  IOL power calculation
• 10.55
• Discussion
  

Part II. Visual Behaviour (Visual Function)

Moderators: I. Pallikaris GREECE, R. Applegate USA

• 11.00
• R. Applegate USA
  Retinal image quality 
• 11.20
• I. Pallikaris  GREECE
  Presbyoptics
• 11.40
• S. Plainis  GREECE
  State of the art assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity
• 12.10
• H. Ginis GREECE
  Visual function assessment using adaptive optics
• 12.30
• H. Ginis  GREECE
  Modelling visual function
• 12.50
• Discussion
• 13.00
• Break
  

Part III. Imaging the Human Eye

Moderators: A. Pallikaris GREECE, B. Malyugin RUSSIA

• 14.00
• A. Pallikaris GREECE
  Confocal microscopy, from research to clinical practice
• 14.20
• J. Rozema BELGIUM
  Scheimpflug imaging, from research to clinical practice
• 14.40
• B. Malyugin  RUSSIA
  OCT imaging, from research to clinical practice
• 15.00
• O. Stachs GERMANY
  Very high frequency ultrasound imaging, from research to clinical practice
• 15.25
• Discussion
• 15.40
• End of Discussion