Optometry

Optometry

A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.

Industry: Eyewear; Health care

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Corneal refractive therapy (CRT)

Eyewear; Optometry

A temporary non-surgical process of wearing rigid gas permeable contact lenses in an attempt to reshape the cornea and reduce the need for corrective lenses. Essentially orthokeratology.

Suppression

Eyewear; Optometry

The inability to perceive all or part of objects in the field of vision of one eye.

Corneal topographical map

Eyewear; Optometry

A map of the corneal topography that shows the surface profile of the cornea.

Surface ablation

Eyewear; Optometry

Any surgical procedure that ablates tissue at the surface of the cornea, rather than under a Lasik or All-Laser Lasik stromal flap. PRK, LASEK, and Epi-Lasik are all surface ablation techniques. ...

Commonly known as cataracts. Nuclear sclerosis is an opacity or clouding of the natural crystalline lens that may prevent a clear image from forming on the retina. Cataracts occur naturally and can ...

Corneal topography

Eyewear; Optometry

A process of mapping the surface details of the cornea with a unique camera/computer combination.

Surgical reversal of presbyopia (SRP)

Eyewear; Optometry

A general term used for many different techniques that attempt to cure presbyopia. To date, none of these techniques have been proven to be safe, effective, and predictable. There are, however, ...