Syllabus For The Subject OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS &CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF VI

 

UNIT - 01

OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS - BINOCULAR VISION - SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

MICROSCOPE - OIL IMMERSION EYEPIECE - REFRACTIVE INSTRUMENTS - TEST CHART

STANDARDS - CHOICE OF TEST CHARTS - TRIAL CASE LENSES - BEST FORMS -

REFRACTOR (PHOROPTER) HEAD UNITS - TRIAL FRAME DESIGN - NEAR VISION

DIFFICULTIES WITH UNITS AND TRIAL FRAME

UNIT - 02

RETINOSCOPE - TYPES AVAILABLE - ADJUSTMENT OF RETINOSCOPES - SPECIAL

FEATURES - CYLINDER RETINOSCOPE - SPECIAL SUBJECTIVE TEST - POLARIZING AND

DISPLACEMENT - ETC - SIMULTANTEST - PROJECTION CHARTS - ILLUMINATION OF THE

CONSULTING ROOM - SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS - BRIGHTNESS ACUITY TEST - VISION

ANALYZER - PUPILOMETER - VIDEO ACUITY TEST - NERVE FIBER ANALYSER

UNIT - 03

AHAOPHTHALMOSCOPES AND RELATED DEVICES - DESIGN OF OPHTHALMOSCOPES -

ILLUMINATION/VIEWING - DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPE - FILTERS FOR

OPHTHALMOSCOPY - INDIRECT - PHTHALMOSCOPES - THE USE OF THE

OPHTHALMOSCOPE IN SPECIAL CASES - LENSOMETER - SLIT LAMP - SLIT LAMP

SYSTEMS - SLIT LAMP ACCESSORIES

UNIT - 04

MECHANICAL DESIGN IN INSTRUMENTS - TONOMETER - TONOMETER PRINCIPLES -

TYPES OF TONOMETERS AND STANDARDIZATION - USE AND INTERPRETATION OF

TONOMETERS

UNIT - 05

FUNDUS CAMERA - THE FUNDUS CAMERA - PRINCIPLES - THE FUNDUS CAMERA -

TECHNIQUES - EXTERNAL EYE PHOTOGRAPHY - APPARATUS - KERATOMETER

UNIT - 06

CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY - ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS - ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS -

HAPLOSCOPES - ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS - HOME DEVICES - ORTHOPTIC

INSTRUMENTS - PLEOPTICS - HISTORICAL - INSTRUMENTS - COLOR VISION TESTING

DEVICES

UNIT - 07

COLOR CONFUSION / HUE DISCRIMINATION / COLOR MATCHING - FM-100 HUE TEST -

FIELDS OF VISION AND SCREENING DEVICES - PERIMETER AND THE VISUAL FIELD -

ILLUMINATION OF FIELD TESTING INSTRUMENTS - PROJECTION PERIMETERS

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

2 Yr.

OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS &CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF VISUAL

SYSTEMS PAPER II[BOPT-(L)](1060202)

UNIT - 08

SCREENING DEVICES FOR FIELD DEFECTS - RESULTS OF FIELD EXAMINATION - BOWL

PERIMETERS - GOLDMA - OCTOPUS FIELD ANALYZER - OPHTHALMIC

ULTRASONAGRAPHY - BIOMETRY

UNIT - 09

ULTRASOUND/A SCAN & B SCAN - UBM - NERVE FIBER ANALYZER - SPECULAR

MICROSCOPE - LASER IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - YAG CAPSULOTOMY - GREEN - RED -

EXCIMER LASER - PACHYMETER

UNIT - 10

CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF VISUAL SYSTEM - HISTORY - OCULAR SYMPTOMS - THE

PAST - RESCRIPTION & ITS INFLUENCE - VISUAL ACUITY TESTING - DISTANCE AND NEAR

- COLOR VISION

UNIT - 11

EXAMINATION OF MUSCLE BALANCE - SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION - EXAMINATIONS OF EYE

LIDS - CONJUNCTIVA AND SCLERA - EXAMINATION OF CORNEA - EXAMINATION OF IRIS -

CILIARY BODY AND PUPIL - EXAMINATION OF LENS - EXAMINATION OF INTRAOCULAR

PRESSURE AND EXAMINATION OF ANGLE OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER

UNIT - 12

OPHTHALMOSCOPY - DIRECT AND INDIRECT - EXAMINATION OF FUNDS (VITREOUS AND

DISC) - (CHOROID AND RETINA) - EXAMINATION OF LACRIMAL SYSTEM - EXAMINATION

OF THE ORBIT - MACULAR FUNCTION TEST - VISUAL FIELD CHARTING (CENTRAL),

(PERIPHERAL) - NEURO - OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EXAMINATION