Module 5: Ophthalmic Lenses Flashcards
-UVA (400-320 nm)
-UVB (320-290 nm)
-UVC (290-200 nm)
-Violet (400-446 nm)
-Yellow (560-592 nm)
-Blue (446-500 nm)
-Orange (592-650 nm)
- Green (500-560 nm)
-Red (650-750 nm)
-Infrared (750 nm +)
Spectrum of light
- disruptive to px
- rainbow/shifts of colour @peripheral
- measured in Abbe/chromatic aberration
- high abbe = less dispersion> better optics (20-60)
-very important 4 diopters +
Dispersion
- crown glass (58)
- CR-39 (58
-Trivex (43-45) - Polycarbonate (31)
Abbe lens materials
- light travels straight line@ object=bent
- bending = refraction
- light rays> lenses> slows down> bent/refracted
- 3 factors of lens bending:
1) angle of light when hits lens
2) lens material
3) shape of lens front/back
Refraction
- exact location of lens passing no bending
- placed infront of px pupil (unless prism)
Optical Center
- light travels @ diff speeds/depends on material
-air = 186,000 MSP - slower through lenses
- measured by “index of refraction”
Speed
-speed of light in air/ speed of light in lens material
- index of air = 1.00
- each lens has assigned index (1.49-1.9)
- Mid-index (1.54-1.58)
-High index (1.59 +) glass and CR-39
- higher index = thinner lens
Index of refraction
- CR-39 (1.49) = thicker
- Crown glass (1.523)
-Polycarbonate (1.59) = thinnest
Indices of refraction lens material
-all lenses reflect light
- light not reflected = transmitted thru lens
-% transmittion depends on material/colour
- high index = more reflection
- high index reflect more = transmit less light= decrease VA
- can add anti-reflective coating to help
Reflection
-two basic shapes: convex OR concave
- meniscus lenses= combination both
- power depends on curve (front/back)
- two basic forms: sphere & clyinders
Ophthalmic Lenses
-thicker center/ thinner edges
-converge light
- real positive
- plus lenses
-high plus power= thicker lens= thicker middle = faster light converges
- against motion (right to left/left to right)
-magnifies images
-hyperopia/ far-sightedness
Convex Lenses
-thicker edges/thinner center
-diverges light
-virtual negative
-minus lenses
-higher minus = thicker edges= faster light diverges
with motion (right to left/right to left)
-reduces images
-myopia/ near-sightedness
Concave lenses
-same curve over entire lens
- only 1 power cross
Sphere lenses
- multiple power crosses (flattest/steepest)
- curves 90* apart
-2 blurred & tilted lines
-Toric lens - treats astigmatism
-can be lenticular (via crystalline lens)
-mixed astig = corneal & lenticular astig - every cyl has a direction (axis)
Clyinder lenses
- meridian= edge-edge crossing OC of lens
-axis = between 1-180* - 0* is the same as 180* (always write 180)
-spherocylinder - cyl = strongest and weekest meridian (90* apart)
-also called principal/major meridians (one will become the axis)
-cyl measured by distance between both meridians
Meridians & Axis
-scissors motion (lines rotated criss-cross)
- compound/toric lenses
Cylinder lenses
- 1 major meridian has no power (distance/sphere)
Plano Cylinder Lenses
-2 major meridians have diff powers
Spherocylinder lenses
- measured in diopters
-based on focal length of lens
-Diopter (D) = 1/f (focal length of lens meters)
-D=1/2meters (D =0.05) > lens power +0.50
–2.00 D= 1/f (f=1/2)> virtual focal 0.50 meters
Lens power
- relates to * in cirlce (360*)
- only uses 0-180 (upper half circle)
- axis degress increase counter-clockwise
- OD = 0* @ nose
- OS = 0* @ temple
- with-the-rule astig = near 90*
- against-the-rule astig= near 0/180*
- oblique astig = between 45-135*
Axis
-spherical lens = power @ both meridians match
-Cylinder lens = Power @ meridians different
- sphere power at axis location
- sphere is most + value
- helps determine thickness of a lens
Optical/ Power cross
Abbreviations
- OD = oculus dexter (right eye)
- OS = oculus sinister (left eye)
- OU = oculi uterque/unitas
- OMD use this form of plus astig rx
1) add sphere and cyl together to make new sphere
2) keeo cyl value and switch to minus power
3) take axis and change by 90*
Transposition
-front/back lens each have power
-power depends on steep/flat curve is
- measured with lens gauge/clock
-middle pin depresses and changes dial
-must known lens refractive index= accuracy
- old clocks work with CR-39 (1.49)
- New clocks have 2 dials 1.49 & 1.6
- read pg 15-18
Base/Lens Curve
-critical in Rx over 7.00
- minus closer = stronger rx
- plus closer = weaker rx
- minus out = weaker rx
- plus out = stronger rx
Vertex Distance
- all lenses are composed of prism
- prism have apex (tip) and base
- prism = light bend toward base
-plus Rx prism meets base-base
-minus rx prism meets apex-apex - OC is where all prisms meet (not bending)
- treatment for strabismus
- OC in wrong place = unwanted prism (wrong PD)
- Verticle OC height error= unwanted verticle prism
- MRP = prism location ( OC without)
Optical Prism
- Base Up
- appear walking down hill
- feel shorter than normal
- objects look shorter
- top of hill/ sides sloping down
Prism Direction BU
-Base Down
- appear walking up hill
- feel taller than normal
- objects look taller
- standing inside bowl/ side sloping up
Prism Direction BD