Optics of the human eye, 7.5 credits
Ögats optik, 7.5 hpThis course syllabus is valid from spring 2012.
- Course code
- 1OP017
- Course name
- Optics of the human eye
- Credits
- 7.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Optometry
- Level
- G2 - First cycle 2
- Grading scale
- Fail (U), pass (G) or pass with distinction (VG)
- Department
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Decided by
- Programnämnden för Optikerprogrammet
- Decision date
- 2008-10-23
- Revised by
- Education committee CNS
- Last revision
- 2020-04-01
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2012
Specific entry requirements
Objectives
- account for, choose and use appropriate eye models for various calculations of the eye as an optical system
- make fast and simple calculations or estimates of units relevant to the correction of various types of refractive errors
- in a simple way estimate and calculate paraxial optical side effects of glasses and contact lens correction
- assess the optical effect of the lacrimal lens in the alignment of stable contact lenses
- describe and carry out mathematical calculations necessary in super-refraction and statistical treatment of astigmatism
- account for and rank the different optical limitations of the eye
- through calculations estimate uncorrected visual acuity in various refractive errors and pupil sizes
- interpret and evaluate measurement results from instruments measuring wavefront aberration of the eye
- explain and interpret information about the concepts of PSF MTF, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in the eye
- explain and use relations between image quality and vision quality in the eye
Content
Optics of the eye, 6.0 hp
Image quality and visual quality in the eye:
Monochromatic and chromatic aberrations in the eye, wavefront aberration, Zernike polynomials, aberrometers, diffraction and transmission. PSF and MTF, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, focal depths.
Lab experiments, 1.5 hp
Teaching methods
Examination
A Pass grade in the examination, and in the laboratory sessions, award a Pass grade in the whole course. The grade Pass with distinction is given to a whole course when the examination is graded with a Pass with distinction and the laboratory sessions with a Pass grade.
Criteria for evaluating the parts of the course are established in separate documents.
Students who have not passed the regular examination are entitled to participate in five more examinations. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination or new admission is provided. The number of times that the student has participated in one and the same examination is regarded as an examination session. Submission of a blank examination is regarded as an examination. An examination for which the student registered but not participated in, will not be counted as an examination.
Transitional provisions
Other directives
The teaching language is Swedish but parts of the course may be given in English.
Literature and other teaching aids
11. ed. : Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003 - 563 s. ISBN:0-7506-4248-3 LIBRIS-ID:8917891 Library search
4:e upplaga : Oxford: Butterworths - 488s. : 2007 ISBN:0-7506-8874-2 Library search
Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000, rei - xii, 269 p. ISBN:0-7506-3775-7 LIBRIS-ID:10648168 Library search