Università Roma Tre

MODULE A
- The optical elements of the eye
o The dioptric apparatus
o The optical performance of the eye
- Visual development
o Retinal development
o Structural development
o Development of visual-ocular functions
- The development of refractive error
o Prevalence of refractive errors in children
o Emmetropization
o Population studies of prevalence of refractive error
o Myopia progression
- Visual acuity (VA)
o Minimun angle of resolution (MAR)
o Visual charts
o EEect of blur on visual acuity
o EEect of age on visual acuity
o Contrast sensitivity
- Evidence based optometry
MODULE B
- Case history
- Focimetry
- Unaided visual acuity
- Cover test
- Cover uncover test
- Near point of convergence
- Motility test
- Interpupillary distance measurement
- Objective refraction
o Retinoscopy
o Autorefraction
- Subjective refraction
o Check lens +1,00D
o Monocular fogging
o Monocular balance
o Assesment of astigmatism
§ The Jackson cross-cylinder
- Binocular balance
- Assessment of binocular vision
- Stereoacuity
- Dynamic retinoscopy
- Assessment of near VA

1. Optometry. Rosenfield e Logan
2. Primary Eyes care. Elliot
3. Clinical visual Optics. Bennet e Rabbetts
4. Borish 's clinical refraction. Benjamin
5. Visione binoculare e motilità oculare. Gunter K. Von Noorden
6. Manuale di Optometria e Contattologia. Rossetti
7. Primary care optometry. Grosvenor
8. Optics of the human eye. Atchison e Smith
9. Sensazione e percezione. Wolfe
10. The psychophysical measurement of visual function. Norton Corliss Bailey
11. Statistica per discipline biomediche. Glantz
12. Pickwell’s Binocular Vision Anomalies. Bruce Evans
13. Ottica visuale. Fabrizio Zeri

In the second semester:
WAVE OPTICS
- Wavefront refraction
- Ocular aberrations and measuring systems

PSYCHOPHYSICS OF VISION
- The Origins of Psychophysics
- Light Sensation
- Contrast Sensitivity
- Adaptation
- Glare
- Chromatic Perception

OPHTHALMIC OPTICS
- Eye Protection
- Photoselective lenses with controlled protection
- Optical filters for vision quality

La visione. Dalla neurofisiologia alla psicologia, Lamberto Maffei e Luciano Mecacci - Biblioteca della EST, Edizioni scientifiche e tecniche Mondadori, 1979

Psicofisica visiva: Principi di base e pratici, Thiago M. Fernandes, Milena Edite C. Oliveira, 2021

"Aberrometria: Principi, Strumenti, Utilizzo Clinico“, AA.VV: Quaderni di oftalmologia, SOI Editore, 2006