Workshop on Visual Optics

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Sunday 23 September | 08.00 – 17.45

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

PART I. Visual Behaviour

Moderators: R. Applegate USA, P. Artal SPAIN

• 08.00
• Welcome
• 08.05
• R. ApplegateUSARetinal image quality
• Discussion
• 08.30    
• I. Pallikaris GREECE Presbyoptics
• Discussion
• 08.55
• T. Van den Berg THE NETHERLANDS Straylight: importance of different domains of the point–spread function
• Discussion
• 09.20
• S. Plainis GREECEState of the art assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity
• Discussion
• 09.50
• P. Artal SPAINVisual function assessment using adaptive optics
• Discussion
• 10.15
• H. Ginis GREECE Modelling visual function
• Discussion
• 10.40
• Break for Main Symposium in Hall A1: Glaucoma for the Cataract Surgeon
• 13.00
• Lunch break

Part II. Visual Optics

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

• 13.30
• F. Van de Velde BELGIUMLight propagation in the eye
• Discussion
• 13.55
• S. Marcos SPAIN
  Aberrations of the optical system
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• Discussion
• 14.25 
• A. Glasser USAOptics of crystalline lens and accommodative response
• Discussion
  
• 14.50
• M.J. Tassignon BELGIUMIOL optics
• Discussion
• 15.15
• J. Rozema BELGIUM Epidemiology of the optical parameters of the eye
• Discussion
• 15.40
• T. Olsen DENMARKIOL power calculation
• 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
• 16.35
• C. Roberts USA
  Measuring the biomechanics of the cornea
•     
• Discussion
• 17.00
• B. Malyugin RUSSIAClinical application of OCT imaging of the anterior segment of the eye
• Discussion
  
• 17.25
• D. Gatinel FRANCECorneal topography challenges
• Discussion
• 17.50
• End of session