ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: SINUSOIDAL WAVES AND FOURIER'S THEOREM, THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGTH SPEED; RAYS AND WAVE FRONTS; OPTICAL PATH AND FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE. GEOMETRICAL OPTICS: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION, SNELL LAWS; TOTAL REFLECTION; DISPERSION AND OPTICAL PRISM. OPTICAL SYSTEMS: CONCEPT OF SOURCE AND IMAGE; VERGENCE OF LIGHT AND OPTICAL POWER; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION; SPHERICAL DIOPTER; THIN LENSES; TRANSVERSE , AXIAL AND ANGULAR MAGNIFICATION; LAGRANGE- HELMHOLTZ THEOREM, MAGNIFYING LENS, THICK LENSES, GULLSTRAND FORMULA; NOMINAL, EFFECTIVE AND FRONT POWER; COMBINATIONS OF LENSES, PLANE AND SPHERICAL MIRRORS; ABERRATION. WAVE OPTICS: FRESNEL-HUYGENS PRINCIPLE; ENERGY TRANSPORTED BY AN E.M. WAVE; POLARIZATION OF LIGTH, PHASE OF SINUSOIDAL WAVES; COHERENT AND INCOHERENT SOURCES; INTERFERENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; YOUNG’S EXPERIENCE; INTERFERENCE IN THIN FILMS; DIFFRACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION FROM A SINGLE AND DOUBLE SLIT; RESOLVING POWER OF A SLIT.

(WALKER J.S.)FONDAMENTI DI FISICA [ED. ZANICHELLI ]
MAYER_AREDTN J. R INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTICS [PRENTICE HALL INC.]

SOFTWARE FOR THE DATA ANALYSIS AND GRAPHS. TABLES AND GRAPHS. GRAPHS OF STRAIGHT LINES, PARABOLAS, CUBIC, TRIGRONOMETRIC, EXPONENTIAL, LOGARITMIC FUNCTIONS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. LOGARITHMIC GRAPHS. NUMERIC INTEGRAL. GRAPHIC METHODS TO SOLVE OPTIC PROBLEMS: FERMAT’S PRINCIPLE, PLANAR AND SPHERICAL MIRRORS, THIN LENS, REPRESENTATION AND SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES.

MATERIAL GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR THROUGH THE PERSONAL WEB PAGE.

SOFTWARE FOR THE DATA ANALYSIS AND GRAPHS. TABLES AND GRAPHS. GRAPHS OF STRAIGHT LINES, PARABOLAS, CUBIC, TRIGRONOMETRIC, EXPONENTIAL, LOGARITMIC FUNCTIONS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. LOGARITHMIC GRAPHS. NUMERIC INTEGRAL. GRAPHIC METHODS TO SOLVE OPTIC PROBLEMS: FERMAT’S PRINCIPLE, PLANAR AND SPHERICAL MIRRORS, THIN LENS, REPRESENTATION AND SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES.

MATERIAL GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR THROUGH THE PERSONAL WEB PAGE.

MATRICES, DETERMINANTS AND SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS.
FINITE SEQUENCES. LIMITS, LIMITS OF FUNCTIONS, ACCUMULATION POINTS.
CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS OF ONE OR MORE VARIABLES. BOLZANO-WIERSTRASS THEOREM. DERIVATIVES AND DIFFERENTIALS. GRADIENT. DERIVATION RULES.
GEOMETRICAL MEANING OF THE DERIVATIVE. HESSIAN. STUDY OF FUNCTIONS IN ONE AND TWO VARIABLES.

1. MARCELLINI P.,SBORDONE C., ELEMENTI DI CALCOLO [ED. LIGUORI ]
2. NOTES FOR THE COURSE

PART I MECHANICS. 1 - PHYSICS AND THE LAWS OF NATURE. 2.-MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, UNITS, ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. 3 - LINEAR MOVEMENT: CONCEPTS OF SPEED AND ACCELERATION. 4 - ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY AND FREE FALL. 5 - VECTORS IN PHYSICS. 6 - MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS. THE MOTION OF A PROJECTILE. 7 - UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION. 8 – RELATIVE MOTION. 9 - THE CONCEPT OF FORCE AND THE LAWS OF NEWTON. 10 - NEWTON'S FIRST LAW AND INERTIAL SYSTEMS. 11 - MASS AND ACCELERATION: THE SECOND LAW OF NEWTON. 12 - THE FORCE OF GRAVITY AND WEIGHT. 13 - THE THIRD LAW OF NEWTON. 14 - NORMAL FORCES, FRICTION AND TENSION. 15 - NORMAL FORCES AND APPARENT WEIGHT. 16 – MOTION ALONG AN INCLINED PLANE 17- THE CENTRIPETAL FORCE. 18 - SPRING AND HOOKE'S LAW. 19 - FORCES OF FRICTION. 20 - KINETIC ENERGY AND WORK. 21 - POTENTIAL ENERGY. 22-MECHANICAL ENERGY AND ITS CONSERVATION. 23 - MOMENTUM AND ITS CONSERVATION. 24 - CENTER OF MASS. 25 - ONE-DIMENSIONAL SHOCK. 26 - MECHANICS AND THE ROTATIONAL MOTION. 27 - CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION. 28 - THE MOMENT OF INERTIA. 29-MOMENT OF THE FORCES AND ANGULAR ACCELERATION. 30 - MECHANICAL ENERGY IN ROTATIONAL MOTION. 31 - HARMONIC MOTION AND UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION. 32 - MECHANICS OF FLUIDS: PRESSURE AND DEPTH OF A FLUID, THE PRINCIPLE OF PASCAL, ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE. 33 - LIQUID MOVEMENT: BERNOULLI'S EQUATION.

PART II THERMODYNAMICS. 34 - TEMPERATURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT. 35 - THERMAL EXPANSION. 36 - THE CONCEPT OF HEAT. 36 - SPECIFIC HEAT. 37 - HEAT AND WORK. 38 - KINETIC THEORY OF GASES. IDEAL GAS. 39 - THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS. 40 - THERMODYNAMIC TRANSFORMATION. 41 - ADIABATIC EXPANSION. 42 - THE ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.

PART III ELECTROMAGNETISM 43 - THE ELECTRIC CHARGE. 44 - ATTRACTION AND REPULSION OF CHARGES. COULOMB'S LAW. 45 - DISTINCTION BETWEEN INSULATORS AND CONDUCTORS. 46 - THE ELECTRIC FIELD. 47 - CHARGES IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD. 48 - FLOW OF ELECTRIC FIELD AND THE LAW OF GAUSS. 49 - ELECTRIC POTENTIAL. EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES. 50 - CAPACITORS AND CAPACITY. 51 - CAPACITORS WITH DIELECTRICS. NOTES TO THE PROPERTIES OF DIELECTRICS. 52 - ELECTRICITY AND CIRCUITS. OHM'S LAW. 53 - ENERGY AND POWER IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. 54 - RESISTORS IN SERIES AND IN PARALLEL. CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND IN PARALLEL. 55 - CHARGING AND DISCHARGING OF A CAPACITOR. 56 - MAGNETISM. MAGNETIC FIELD. 57 - MAGNETIC FORCE ON MOVING CHARGES. CHARGE IN CIRCULAR MOTION. 58 - MAGNETIC FIELDS OF CURRENT. 59 - LAW OF INDUCTION OF FARADAY. 60 - INDUCTANCE AND INDUCTORS. RL CIRCUITS IN CONTINUOUS. 61 - CIRCUIT RC, RL AND RLC IN ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC). RESONANCE. 62 - POWER IN AC CIRCUITS. TRANSFORMERS

JAMES S. WALKER “FONDAMENTI DI FISICA” [PEARSON-ADDISON-WESLEY]

PART I MECHANICS. 1 - PHYSICS AND THE LAWS OF NATURE. 2.-MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, UNITS, ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. 3 - LINEAR MOVEMENT: CONCEPTS OF SPEED AND ACCELERATION. 4 - ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY AND FREE FALL. 5 - VECTORS IN PHYSICS. 6 - MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS. THE MOTION OF A PROJECTILE. 7 - UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION. 8 – RELATIVE MOTION. 9 - THE CONCEPT OF FORCE AND THE LAWS OF NEWTON. 10 - NEWTON'S FIRST LAW AND INERTIAL SYSTEMS. 11 - MASS AND ACCELERATION: THE SECOND LAW OF NEWTON. 12 - THE FORCE OF GRAVITY AND WEIGHT. 13 - THE THIRD LAW OF NEWTON. 14 - NORMAL FORCES, FRICTION AND TENSION. 15 - NORMAL FORCES AND APPARENT WEIGHT. 16 – MOTION ALONG AN INCLINED PLANE 17- THE CENTRIPETAL FORCE. 18 - SPRING AND HOOKE'S LAW. 19 - FORCES OF FRICTION. 20 - KINETIC ENERGY AND WORK. 21 - POTENTIAL ENERGY. 22-MECHANICAL ENERGY AND ITS CONSERVATION. 23 - MOMENTUM AND ITS CONSERVATION. 24 - CENTER OF MASS. 25 - ONE-DIMENSIONAL SHOCK. 26 - MECHANICS AND THE ROTATIONAL MOTION. 27 - CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION. 28 - THE MOMENT OF INERTIA. 29-MOMENT OF THE FORCES AND ANGULAR ACCELERATION. 30 - MECHANICAL ENERGY IN ROTATIONAL MOTION. 31 - HARMONIC MOTION AND UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION. 32 - MECHANICS OF FLUIDS: PRESSURE AND DEPTH OF A FLUID, THE PRINCIPLE OF PASCAL, ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE. 33 - LIQUID MOVEMENT: BERNOULLI'S EQUATION.

PART II THERMODYNAMICS. 34 - TEMPERATURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT. 35 - THERMAL EXPANSION. 36 - THE CONCEPT OF HEAT. 36 - SPECIFIC HEAT. 37 - HEAT AND WORK. 38 - KINETIC THEORY OF GASES. IDEAL GAS. 39 - THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS. 40 - THERMODYNAMIC TRANSFORMATION. 41 - ADIABATIC EXPANSION. 42 - THE ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.

PART III ELECTROMAGNETISM 43 - THE ELECTRIC CHARGE. 44 - ATTRACTION AND REPULSION OF CHARGES. COULOMB'S LAW. 45 - DISTINCTION BETWEEN INSULATORS AND CONDUCTORS. 46 - THE ELECTRIC FIELD. 47 - CHARGES IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD. 48 - FLOW OF ELECTRIC FIELD AND THE LAW OF GAUSS. 49 - ELECTRIC POTENTIAL. EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES. 50 - CAPACITORS AND CAPACITY. 51 - CAPACITORS WITH DIELECTRICS. NOTES TO THE PROPERTIES OF DIELECTRICS. 52 - ELECTRICITY AND CIRCUITS. OHM'S LAW. 53 - ENERGY AND POWER IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. 54 - RESISTORS IN SERIES AND IN PARALLEL. CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND IN PARALLEL. 55 - CHARGING AND DISCHARGING OF A CAPACITOR. 56 - MAGNETISM. MAGNETIC FIELD. 57 - MAGNETIC FORCE ON MOVING CHARGES. CHARGE IN CIRCULAR MOTION. 58 - MAGNETIC FIELDS OF CURRENT. 59 - LAW OF INDUCTION OF FARADAY. 60 - INDUCTANCE AND INDUCTORS. RL CIRCUITS IN CONTINUOUS. 61 - CIRCUIT RC, RL AND RLC IN ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC). RESONANCE. 62 - POWER IN AC CIRCUITS. TRANSFORMERS

JAMES S. WALKER “FONDAMENTI DI FISICA” [PEARSON-ADDISON-WESLEY]

1. Atomic theory: atoms, molecules, moles; atomic structure; periodic system
2. Molecules: chemical bonds, chemical structure, intermolecular forces.
3. Nomenclature: oxides, hydroxides, acids, salts.
4. Balancing chemical reactions: redox reactions.
5. States of aggregation: gas, liquid, solid; phase diagrams.
6. Solutions: concentration, colligative properties; electrolyte solutions.
7. Thermodynamics: first and second principles; enthalpy, entropy, free energy.
8. Chemical Kinetics; factors influencing the reaction speed.
9. Chemical equilibrium: equilibrium constant; acid-base and solubility equilibria.
10. Electrochemistry: batteries; electrolysis.
11. Outlines of Organic Chemistry and biochemistry.

“Elementi di Chimica” L.Palmisano, M. Schiavello. Editrice Edises

DEFINITE INTEGRAL IN ONE VARIABLE. INDEFINITE INTEGRAL. FUNDAMENTAL THEOREMS OF THE INTEGRAL CALCULUS.
NUMERICAL SERIES: DEFINITION AND THEIR PROPERTIES. GEOMETRIC SERIES. CONVERGENCE CRITERIA FOR POSITIVE SERIES, HARMONIC SERIES.
EXTENSION OF THE CONVERGENCE CRITERIA. POWER SERIES AND TAYLOR SERIES.
FOURIER SERIES AND A MENTION OF FOURIER TRANSFORMS.
ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLUTION BY QUADRATURE AND BY SEPARATION OF VARIABLES. ORDINARY LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST ORDER WITH VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS; GENERAL SOLUTION. ORDINARY LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS OF THE SECOND ORDER AND THEIR GENERAL SOLUTION.
MENTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: HOMOGENEOUS EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST ORDER WITH VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS AND THEIR SOLUTION ON THE CHARACTERISTICS.
MENTION OF THE SECOND ORDER WAVE EQUATIONS.

1. MARCELLINI P.,SBORDONE C., ELEMENTI DI CALCOLO [ED. LIGUORI ]
2. NOTES FOR THE COURSE

ERROR ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS: MEASUREMENT S AND ERRORS; PROPAGATION OF ERRORS; FIT OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF DATA (MEDIA, STANDARD DEVIATION, FREQUENCY ...); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIO; STATISTICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES (PEARSON AND SPEARMAN COEFFICIENTS); HYPOTHESIS SIGNIFICANCE TESTING (STUDENT T-TEST, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, BONFERRONI TEST, CHI-SQUARE TEST); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS (BLAND-ALTMANN TEST); RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A CLINICAL TEST
THE ACTUAL EXERCITATIONS WILL BE SCHEDULED ACCORDING TO THE ANSWER OF THE CLASSROOM FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:.

1. PRACTICE WITH PRECISION INSTRUMENTS (VENIER CALIPER DECIMAL AND CENTESIMAL, SPHEROMETER) FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF GEOMETRICAL QUANTITIES AND THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MEASUREMENT ERROR.
2. CHECKOUT OF THE LIGHT REFLECTION LAW BY A PLANE AND A CURVED MIRROR, DEFINITION OF THE REFLECTION CAUSTIC.
3. APPLICATION OF THE SNELL’S LAW OF THE REFRACTION TROUGH A THIN OPTICAL PLEXIGLAS SLAB.
4. CHECKOUT OF THE KEPLERO’S LAW ON THE PROPAGATION OF THE LIGHT WITH DISTANCE.
5. CHECKOUT OF THE LAMBERT-BEER’S LAW ON THE ATTENUATION OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH AN OPAQUE MEDIUM.
6. MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH AND OF THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF A THIN LENS AND OF A SIMPLE SYSTEM OF THIN LENS, BOTH THEORETICALLY AND THROUGH STRAIGHTFORWARD OPTICAL MEASUREMENT.
7. MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH AND OF THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF ASTIGNMATIC LENS USING THE GENEVE GAUGE (OPTICS SPHEROMETER) USED AS A FRONTIFOCOMETER TO ESTIMATE THE ASTIGMATISMUS OF SEVERAL LENSES.
8. EVALUATION OF FOCAL LENGTHS FOR CONTACT LENSES AND COUPLES OF DISTANT LENSES: CHECKOUT OF THE GULLTRASND’S LAW AND EVALUATION OF THE POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANES OF A SIMPLE OPTICAL SYSTEM.
9. DISPERSION OF LIGHT THROUGH A PRISM AND CHECKOUT OF THE CAUCHY’S LAW AND EVALUATION OF CAUCHY’S COEFFICIENTS;
10. AFOCAL SYSTEMS: CHECKOUT OF THE SMITH-HELMHOLTZ EQUATION (MEASUREMENTS OF LAGRANGIAN’S INVARIANTS.);
11. OPTICAL SYSTEMS MAGNIFICATION;
12. DIOPTRIC CONTRIBUTION OF AN OPTIC STOP TO THE IMAGES FOCUSING;
13. EVALUATION OF THE ANSWER CURVE AT THE FIRST AND AT THE SECOND ORDER OF A LUXMETER HAVING SPECTRAL FEATURES COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE HUMAN EYE.

PROFESSORS F. OFFI AND F. FONTANA LECTURE NOTES
(TAYLOR, J.R.) INTRODUZIONE ALL’ANALISI DEGLI ERRORI [ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 2010]
(GETTYS, W.E. KELLER, F.J. AND SKOVE, M.J.) FISICA 2, ELETTROMAGNETISMO – ONDE – OTTICA [MAC GRAW-HILL, MILANO, 2007 ]
(OBSTFELD H.) OPTICS IN VISION, [BUTTERWORTHS, BOSTON, 1982]
(KEATING M. P.) GEOMETRICAL, PHYSICAL AND VISUAL OPTICS [ BUTTERWORTHS, BOSTON, 2002]
(TUNNACLIFFE A. H.) INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL OPTICS [ABDO, LONDON 2001 ]
(MEYER-ARENDT J. R.) INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTICS [PRENTICE HALL, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, 1972]
(BLAND M.) STATISTICA MEDICA [APOGEO, 2009]
(DERENIAK L. DERENIAK T. D.) GEOMETRICAL AND TRIGONOMETRIC OPTICS. [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, 2008]

ERROR ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS: MEASUREMENT S AND ERRORS; PROPAGATION OF ERRORS; FIT OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF DATA (MEDIA, STANDARD DEVIATION, FREQUENCY ...); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIO; STATISTICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES (PEARSON AND SPEARMAN COEFFICIENTS); HYPOTHESIS SIGNIFICANCE TESTING (STUDENT T-TEST, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, BONFERRONI TEST, CHI-SQUARE TEST); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS (BLAND-ALTMANN TEST); RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A CLINICAL TEST
THE ACTUAL EXERCITATIONS WILL BE SCHEDULED ACCORDING TO THE ANSWER OF THE CLASSROOM FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:.

1. PRACTICE WITH PRECISION INSTRUMENTS (VENIER CALIPER DECIMAL AND CENTESIMAL, SPHEROMETER) FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF GEOMETRICAL QUANTITIES AND THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MEASUREMENT ERROR.
2. CHECKOUT OF THE LIGHT REFLECTION LAW BY A PLANE AND A CURVED MIRROR, DEFINITION OF THE REFLECTION CAUSTIC.
3. APPLICATION OF THE SNELL’S LAW OF THE REFRACTION TROUGH A THIN OPTICAL PLEXIGLAS SLAB.
4. CHECKOUT OF THE KEPLERO’S LAW ON THE PROPAGATION OF THE LIGHT WITH DISTANCE.
5. CHECKOUT OF THE LAMBERT-BEER’S LAW ON THE ATTENUATION OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH AN OPAQUE MEDIUM.
6. MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH AND OF THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF A THIN LENS AND OF A SIMPLE SYSTEM OF THIN LENS, BOTH THEORETICALLY AND THROUGH STRAIGHTFORWARD OPTICAL MEASUREMENT.
7. MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH AND OF THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF ASTIGNMATIC LENS USING THE GENEVE GAUGE (OPTICS SPHEROMETER) USED AS A FRONTIFOCOMETER TO ESTIMATE THE ASTIGMATISMUS OF SEVERAL LENSES.
8. EVALUATION OF FOCAL LENGTHS FOR CONTACT LENSES AND COUPLES OF DISTANT LENSES: CHECKOUT OF THE GULLTRASND’S LAW AND EVALUATION OF THE POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANES OF A SIMPLE OPTICAL SYSTEM.
9. DISPERSION OF LIGHT THROUGH A PRISM AND CHECKOUT OF THE CAUCHY’S LAW AND EVALUATION OF CAUCHY’S COEFFICIENTS;
10. AFOCAL SYSTEMS: CHECKOUT OF THE SMITH-HELMHOLTZ EQUATION (MEASUREMENTS OF LAGRANGIAN’S INVARIANTS.);
11. OPTICAL SYSTEMS MAGNIFICATION;
12. DIOPTRIC CONTRIBUTION OF AN OPTIC STOP TO THE IMAGES FOCUSING;
13. EVALUATION OF THE ANSWER CURVE AT THE FIRST AND AT THE SECOND ORDER OF A LUXMETER HAVING SPECTRAL FEATURES COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE HUMAN EYE.

PROFESSORS F. OFFI AND F. FONTANA LECTURE NOTES
(TAYLOR, J.R.) INTRODUZIONE ALL’ANALISI DEGLI ERRORI [ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 2010]
(GETTYS, W.E. KELLER, F.J. AND SKOVE, M.J.) FISICA 2, ELETTROMAGNETISMO – ONDE – OTTICA [MAC GRAW-HILL, MILANO, 2007 ]
(OBSTFELD H.) OPTICS IN VISION, [BUTTERWORTHS, BOSTON, 1982]
(KEATING M. P.) GEOMETRICAL, PHYSICAL AND VISUAL OPTICS [ BUTTERWORTHS, BOSTON, 2002]
(TUNNACLIFFE A. H.) INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL OPTICS [ABDO, LONDON 2001 ]
(MEYER-ARENDT J. R.) INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTICS [PRENTICE HALL, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, 1972]
(BLAND M.) STATISTICA MEDICA [APOGEO, 2009]
(DERENIAK L. DERENIAK T. D.) GEOMETRICAL AND TRIGONOMETRIC OPTICS. [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, 2008]

PART A
FUNDAMENTALS OF VISUAL OPTICS
BASICS OF OCULAR ANATOMY
SCHEMATIC AND ANALYTIC EYE MODELS
REFRACTIVE ERRORS
ACCOMODATION AND PRESBYOPIA
OCULAR ABERRATIONS
VISUAL ACUITY
QUALITY OF VISION
VISUAL PERFORMANCE
BASICS OF CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY
BASICS OF CORNEAL TOMOGRAPHY
BASICS OF PSYCHOPHYSIC OF VISION

PART B
INTRODUCTION TO THE USAGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF VISUAL FUNCTION TESTING: LIGHT ADAPTATION, CONTRAST SENSITIVITY, VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT, COLOR PERCEPTION TEST, VISUAL FIELD TEST.
DESCRIPTION AND USAGE OF SOME INSTRUMENTS TO OPTOMETRIC TESTING: KERATOMETER, RETINOSCOPE AND AUTO-REFRACTOMETER.

F.ZERI, A.ROSSETTI, A.FOSSETTI, A.CALOSSI (2012): OTTICA VISUALE, SOCIETÀ EDITRICE UNIVERSO, ROMA
WILLIAM J. BENJAMIN (2006): BORISH’S CLINICAL REFRACTION, SECOND EDITION, BUTTERWORTH- HEINEMANN, ELSEVIER INC.
GROSVENOR TP. - (2007): PRIMARY CARE OPTOMETRY, FIFTH EDITION, BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN, ELSEVIER
L. LUPELLI (2014): OPTOMETRIA A-Z, MEDICAL BOOKS
A. ROSSETTI, P. GHELLER (2003): MANUALE DI OPTOMETRIA E CONTATTOLOGIA, EDIZIONI ZANICHELLI

THE COURSE IS DIVIDED IN: GROUP EXPERIENCES IN THE LABORATORY WITH REPORT; LECTURES AND CALCULATING EXERCISES WITH REGARD TO PHYSICAL OPTICS.
THERE WILL BE AN ORAL EXAM AND FOR GRADING THE LABORATORY RESULTS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
REFERENCES TO GEOMETRICAL OPTICS: LAWS OF LIGHT REFLECTION AND
REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; OPTICAL PRISM AND MINIMUM DEVIATION.
REFERENCES TO PHYSICAL OPTICS: LIGHT WAVES; WAVE MOTION; VELOCITY, AMPLITUDE AND INTENSITY OF THE WAVE; WAVEFRONTS, SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES, VECTOR REPRESENTATION, HUYGENS-FRESNEL PRINCIPLE; INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT; COHERENT LIGHT SOURCES; FRAUNHOFER AND FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; SINGLE-SLIT DIFFRACTION; RESOLUTION WITH RECTANGULAR APERTURE, CIRCULAR APERTURE; SYSTEM MULTI-APERTURES, DIFFRACTION GRATING, ANGULAR DISPERSION AND RESOLUTION OF A GRATING; POLARIZATION OF LIGHT, BREWSTER LAW, POLARIZATION FILTERS, MALUS LAW, BIOT-SAVART LAW AND OPTICAL ACTIVITY OF CRYSTALS AND SOLUTIONS, ROTATING POWER OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES.

W.E.GETTYSET,F.J.KELLER,M.J.SKOVE: FISICA2 ED.MCGRAW-HILL.
G. CANNELLI: METODOLOGIE SPERIMENTALI IN FISICA, ED.
EDISES. D.HALLIDAY,R. RESNICK,J.WALKER: FONDAMENTI DI FISICA VOL.2- VI
EDIZIONE, ED.AMBROSIANA.F.BOCCI:MANUALE PER IL LABORATORIO DI FISICA, ED.
ZANICHELLI.
F.SOMMA: APPUNTI E SCHEDE PER L’ATTIVITA’ IN LABORATORIO.

MODULE 1: STATIC DIOPTRIC EYE
STUDY AND CALCULATION OF OCULAR DIOPTRIC
SCHEMATIC EYE

MODULE 2: OBSERVATION OF THE FUNDUS OF RETINA, AND MEASUREMENT OF CORNEAL CURVATURE
OBSERVATION OF THE FUNDUS OF RETINA BY OPHTHALMOSCOPY
MAIN INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MEASUREMENTS OF CORNEAL CURVATURE AND POWER
USE OF KERATOMETRY, OFTALMOMETRY AND VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY.

MODULE 3: STATIC RETINOSCOPY
RESEARCH OF NEUTRAL POINT WITH RETINOSCOPY
THEORIC REFRACTION WITH STATIC RETINOSCOPY

MODULE 4: EMMETROPIA AND AMETROPIA
EMMETROPIA
NEARSIGHTEDNESS, FARSIGHTEDNESS, ASTIGMATISM
PRESBYOPIA

MODULE 5: DYNAMIC EYE DIOPTRIC ACCOMMODATION
ACCOMODATION AND CONVERGENCE
MEASURE OF ACCOMODATION

MODULE 6: VISUAL ACUITY
VISUAL ACUITY AND CONTRAST SENSITIVITY
COLOR VISION
MOVEMENTS OF THE EYES, VISUAL FIELD AND EYE DOMINANCE

MODULE 7: THE BINOCULAR VISION
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE BINOCULAR EVALUTATION.
HETEROPHORIA
EVALUTATION FOR ACCOMODATION AND CONVERGENCE RELATIONSHIP

MODULE 8: TECHNIQUES FOR SUBJECTIVE REFRACTIVE EXAMINATION
SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION DISTAL AND PROXIMAL
BALANCE AND FINAL RESULT OF REFRACTION
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF OPTOMETRIC REFRACTIVE ANOMALIES AND VISUAL PROBLEMS

MODULE 9: VISUAL ANALYSIS IN THE OEP PROCEDURE
SEQUENCE OF TEST OF VISUAL ANALYSIS
STUDY OF FORECASTING DATA
CALCULATION OF LAG
INFORMATIVE SEQUENCE
TYPE OF CASES
PATTERN OF EQUILIBRIUM
CLASSIFICATION OF DETERIORATIONS

UNIT 10: VISUAL ANALYSIS GRAPHIC
FEATURES OF GRAPHIC FOR VISUAL ANALYSIS
COMPOSITION AND STUDY OF BINOCULAR VISION AREAS
CALCULATION OF SPHERICAL AND PRISMATIC CORRECTION IN ACCORDING OF SHEARD AND PERCIVAL CRITERIA

EXPERIENCE AND LABORATORY PRACTICE
MEASUREMENT OF POWER AND CURVATURE CORNEAL: OPTHALOMETRY AND KERATOMETRY
OBJECTIVE REFRACTION WITH RETINOSCOPY AND AUTOREFRACTOMETRY
SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION FOR DISTANCE AND NEAR
EVALUATION OF VISUAL SKILLS
VISUAL ACUITY
CONTROLS OF BINOCULAR VISION
VISUAL ANALYSIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OEP PROCEDURE
GRAPHIC ANALYSIS VISUAL

MANUALE DI OPTOMETRIA E CONTATTOLOGIA: ANTO ROSSETTI- PIETRO GHELLER, ZANICHELLI SECONDA EDIZIONE 2003
DISPENSE

TESTI PER APPROFONDIMENTI
LEO MANAS, TRADUZIONE UGO FRESCURA: LANALISI VISIVA; EDIZIONI S.O.E.
ROSSANA BARDINI LA FUNZIONE VISIVA NELLANALISI OPTOMETRICA; EDIZIONI S.O.E.
JOHN R. GRIFFIN , TRADUZIONE UGO FRESCURA LE ANOMALIE BINOCULARI; EDIZIONI S.O.E.
BURIA- VON NOORDEN VISIONE BINOCULARE E MOTILITÀ OCULARE; MEDICAL BOOKS
DAVID B. HENSON OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION;BUTTERWORTH

TESTI CONSIGLIATI:
L'ANALISI VISIVA; LEO MANAS, TRADUZIONE UGO FRESCURA, EDIZIONI S.O.E.
ANALISI VISIVA E TRATTAMENTO ..; ROSSANA BARDINI, EDIZIONI S.O.E.
LE ANOMALIE BINOCULARI; JOHN R. GRIFFIN , TRADUZIONE UGO FRESCURA , EDIZIONI S.O.E.
VISIONE BINOCULARE E MOTILITÀ OCULARE; BURIA- VON NOORDEN, MEDICAL BOOKS
OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION; DAVID B. HENSON, BUTTERWORTH & CO
OTTICA VISUALE; F. ZERI,A. ROSSETTI, A. FOSSETTI, A. CALOSSI – SOCIETA’ EDITRICE UNIVERSO- ROMA
BORISH’S CLINICAL REFRACTION; SECOND EDITION, Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
MANUALE PRATICO PER L'ESECUZIONE DI UN ESAME VISIVO. DAL SEMPLICE CONTROLLO ALLA PROCEDURA DEI 21 PUNTI; A. MAIOCCHI – MEDICAL BOOKS, PALERMO

1.INTRODUCTION TO CONTACT LENSES: HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF CONTACT LENSES, CONTACT LENSES TERMS AND STANDARDS, CONTACT LENSES CLASSIFICATION.
2. CONTACT LENSES ENVIRONMENT: CORNEA (ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY), TEAR SYSTEM AND ITS FUNCTIONS. EYELIDS AND CONJUNCTIVE.
3.CONTACT LENS MATERIALS: CLASSIFICATION, THE NATURE OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS, PROPERTIES OF CONTACT LENS MATERIALS.
4. INDICATIONS AND CONTRA-INDICATIONS OF CONTACT LENS WEARING: PSHYCOLOGICAL INFLUENCES, PATHOLOGICAL, REFRACTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL FACTORS.
5.PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: CASE HISTORY, EXTERNAL EYE EXAMINATION WITH SLIT LAMP, BASELINE RECORDING BY GRADING SCALES SYSTEM, TEAR ASSESMENT, TOPOGRAPHY, PUPILLOGRAPHY ABERROMETRY.
6.OPTICS OF CONTACT LENSES: PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF OPTICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONTACT LENSES AND SPECTACLES DUE TO ELIMINATION OF VERTEX DISTANCE. TEAR FILM EFFECTS.
7. RIGID CONTACT LENSES: MATERIALS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, LENS DESIGNS, FITTING TECHNIQUES. FORCES AFFECTING THE LENS ON THE EYE. EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES. LENS CARE AND MAINTENANCE. HARD LENS VERIFICATIONS PROCEDURES. MODIFICATIONS PROCEDURES. PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS AND AFTER CARE.
8.SOFT CONTACT LENSES: MATERIALS, METHODS OF SOFT LENS MANUFACTURE, LENS DESIGNS, FITTING TECHNIQUES. EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES. LENS CARE AND MAINTENANCE. SOFT LENS VERIFICATIONS PROCEDURES.
9. LABORATORY PRACTISE: CASE HISTORY, EXTERNAL EYE EXAMINATION WITH SLIT LAMP, BASELINE RECORDING BY GRADING SCALES SYSTEM, TEAR ASSESMENT, TOPOGRAPHY, PUPILLOGRAPHY ABERROMETRY, FITTING TECHNIQUES FOR HARD AND SOT CONTACT LENSES, LENS VERIFICATIONS PROCEDURES.

. Reference Textbooks:
-LUPELLI L, FLETCHER R, ROSSI A. "CONTATTOLOGIA. UNA GUIDA CLINICA”. Medical Books 1998.
-GASSON A., MORRIS J.A. “THE CONTACT LENS MANUAL. A PRATICAL GUIDE TO FITTING” FOURTH EDITION. ED. BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN 2010.

2. Lecture notes :
-(download is possible at http://www.scienze.uniroma3.it/users/151)

Further readings:
Textbook
• VEYES J, MEYLER J, DAVIES I. “ELEMENTI ESSENZIALI NELLA PRATICA DELLE LENTI A CONTATTO”. THE VISION CARE INSTITUTE 2009.
• EFRON N. “CONTACT LENS PRACTICE”. SECOND EDITION. ED. BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN 2010.
• ZERI F, CALOSSI A, FOSSETTI A, ROSSETTI A. “OTTICA VISUALE”. EDITRICE UNIVERSO ROMA, 2012.

CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY: STRUCTURAL AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CELL AND OF HUMAN TISSUES. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE CELL: CHEMICAL BONDS, BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF WATER, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS. PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS, ENZYMES. NUCLEIC ACIDS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS. DNA REPLICATION AND TRANSCRITION, GENETICE CODE, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. STRUCTURE, ULTRASTRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF CELL MEMBRANES, CYTOSKELETON, RIBOSOMES, ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, GOLGI APPARATUS, LYSOSOMES, PEROXYSOMES, MITOCHONDRIA. ENDOCYTOSIS, EXOCYTOSIS, SECRETION. NUCLEUS, CHROMOSOMES, MITOSIS, MEIOSIS. CELL-CELL AND CELL-MATRIX INTERACTIONS.
HISTOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN TISSUES: EPITHELIA, CONNECTIVE TISSUES, BLOOD, MUSCULAR TISSUES AND CONTRACTION MECHANISM, NERVOUS TISSUE.
HUMAN ANATOMY. HUMAN BODY ORGANIZATION, GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF HUMAN ORGAN SYSTEMS.
OCULAR ANATOMY: ORBITAL CAVITY, EXTRINSIC MUSCLES OF THE EYE, ORBITAL VASCULAR AND NERVE ANATOMY, EYELIDS, EYEBROWS, CONJUNCTIVA, CORNEA, SCLERA, LACRIMAL APPARATUS, IRIS, ANTERIOR CHAMBER, POSTERIOR CHEMBER, LENS, VITREOUS, RETINA, OPTIC NERVE, VISUAL PATHWAYS.

PURVES ET AL. "BIOLOGIA: LA CELLULA" ED. ZANICHELLI
PURVES ET AL. "BIOLOGIA: L'INFORMAZIONE E L'EREDITARIETÀ" ED. ZANICHELLI
CAMPBELL E REECE "BIOLOGIA: LA CHIMICA DELLA VITA E LA CELLULA" ED ZANICHELLI
CAMPBELL E REECE "BIOLOGIA: LA GENETICA" ED. ZANICHELLI
COLOMBO E OLMO "BIOLOGIA DELLA CELLULA" ED. EDI-ERMES
MARIEB: ELEMENTI DI ANATOMIA E FISIOLOGIA DELL'UOMO. ED. ZANICHELLI

Tutorials on topics of the course

PURVES ET AL. "BIOLOGIA: LA CELLULA" ED. ZANICHELLI
PURVES ET AL. "BIOLOGIA: L'INFORMAZIONE E L'EREDITARIETÀ" ED. ZANICHELLI
CAMPBELL E REECE "BIOLOGIA: LA CHIMICA DELLA VITA E LA CELLULA" ED ZANICHELLI
CAMPBELL E REECE "BIOLOGIA: LA GENETICA" ED. ZANICHELLI
COLOMBO E OLMO "BIOLOGIA DELLA CELLULA" ED. EDI-ERMES
MARIEB: ELEMENTI DI ANATOMIA E FISIOLOGIA DELL'UOMO. ED. ZANICHELLI

OCULAR ANATOMY: ORBITAL CAVITY – EXTRINSIC MUSCLES – INTRINSIC MUSCLES – ORBITAL VASCULAR AND NERVE ANATOMY – EYELIDS – EYEBROW – CONJUNCTIVE – CORNEA – SCLERA – LACRIMAL APPARATUS – IRIS – ANTERIOR CHAMBER – POSTERIOR CHAMBER – LENS – VITREOUS – RETINA – OPTIC NERVE – VISUAL PATHWAYS.

LIUZZI E BARTOLI – MANUALE DI OFTALMOLOGIA

Tutorials on topics of the course

LIUZZI E BATOLI – MANUALE DI OFTALMOLOGIA

FISIOLOGIA CONCETTI PRINCIPALI - OMEOSTASI, FEEDBACK, RELAZIONI STRUTTURA/FUNZIONE, MODIFICAZIONI NEL CORSO DELLA VITA
FISIOLOGIA CELLULARE - PASSAGGIO DI SOSTANZE ATTRAVERSO LA MEMBRANA, OSMOSI, FENOMENI ELETTRICI DI MEMBRANA, METABOLISMO CELLULARE,VOLUME CELLULARE,
IL SISTEMA NERVOSO - ORGANIZZAZIONE, POTENZIALE D'AZIONE DI UNA CELLULA NERVOSA, PERIODI REFRATTARI, PROPAGAZIONE DEL MESSAGGIO NERVOSO, LE SINAPSI, ARCO RIFLESSO, NEUROTRASMETTITORI E RECETTORI)
FUNZIONI D'ORGANO • IL SISTEMA MUSCOLARE - MECCANICA DELLA CONTRAZIONE MUSCOLARE, MIOGRAFIA, SCOSSA SEMPLICE, TETANO MUSCOLARE, FUNZIONI DEL MUSCOLO LISCIO•
RESPIRAZIONE: FISIOLOGIA DELLA RESPIRAZIONE: VENTILAZIONE, SCAMBI GASSOSI
FUNZIONE RENALE: FILTRAZIONE, RIASSORBIMENTO, EQUILIBRIO IDRICO ED ELETTROLITICO,
IL SISTEMA CARDIO-CIRCOLATORIO - FUNZIONI DEL SANGUE, EMODINAMICA,
CUORE, CICLO CARDIACO, LA PRESSIONE SANGUIGNA E LA SUA REGOLAZIONE
LA FISIOLOGIA SENSORIALE - INFORMAZIONI SENSORIALI, RECETTORI SENSORIALI, LE VIE SENSORIALI E GLI STATI DI ELABORAZIONE, LA CODIFICA DEL SEGNALE NERVOSO, ORGANIZZAZIONE DEGLI ORGANI DI SENSO)• IL SISTEMA VISIVO - FORMAZIONE DELL'IMMAGINE RETINICA, CRISTALLINO E RIFRAZIONE, FOTOTRASDUZIONE, RISPOSTA DELLE CELLULE GANGLIARI, VIE OTTICHE, ADATTAMENTO ALLA LUCE E AL BUIO, LA VISIONE STEREOSCOPICA, LA VISIONE CROMATICA)

DU SILVERTHORN, FISIOLOGIA;
VANDER, FISIOLOGIA,CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA.
LIBRI CONSIGLIATI DISPONIBILI NELLA BIBLIOTECA D'AREA: RANDALL ET AL., FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI; CASELLA E TAGLIETTI, FISIOLOGIA.
GUSSONI ET AL., FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ORGANI DI SENSO.

BLACK BODY RADIATION. PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT. BOHR MODEL. ELECTRONS AND WAVES. ENERGY QUANTIZATION [LECTURE NOTES]
WAVE FUNCTION AND WAVE PACKET FOR AN ELECTRON. UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE. WAVE PARTICLE DUALISM. PARTICLE IN A BOX. MEAN VALUE, PARTICLE REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION. (CPT.[34] §[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] ,CPT. [35]§ [1,2,4,6])
HYDROGEN ATOM AND RELATED WAVE FUNCTIONS. ELECTRON MAGNETIC AND SPIN MOMENTA. SPIN ORBIT INTERACTION. THE PERIODIC TABLE. OPTICAL AND X-RAY SPECTRA. SPONTANEOUS AND STIMULATED EMISSION. LASER. ( CPT.[36]§ [1,2,3,4,5,6])
MOLECULAR BONDS. POLYATOMIC MOLECULE. ELECTRONIC LEVELS. ROTATIONAL AND VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA. ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTRA (CPT. [37]§ [1,2,3]) STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS. FERMI ELECTRON GAS. BANDS IN SOLIDS. SEMICONDUCTORS (CPT. [38]§ [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9] )

PAUL A. TIPLER, GENE MOSCA “PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS” VOL. 3 MODERN PHYSICS, 6TH EDITION. W.H. FREEMAN & COMPANY, NEW YORK AND BASINGSTOKE

1.SOFT SPHERICAL CONTACT LENSES; DEPOSITS. 2. SOFT TORIC CONTACT LENSES: DESIGN, FITTING PRINCIPLES, ASSESSMENT OF FIT, AFTER CARE. 3. RIGID TORIC CONTACT LENSES: RIGID CARE SYSTEM, DESIGN; FITTING; ASSESSMENT OF LENS FIT. 4. HYBRID CONTACT LENSES: MATERIALS, DESIGN, FITTING. 5. RIGID SCLERAL CONTACT LENSES: TYPES, MATERIALS, DESIGN, FITTING. 6. MEASUREMENT AND INSPECTION OF RIGID AND SOFT CONTACT LENSES: VERIFICATION OF LENS PARAMETERS; ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY; RIGID CONTACT LENS PARAMETERS MODIFICATION. 7. ADVANCED CORNEAL CLINICAL EQUIPMENT: ESTESIOMETRY; PACHIMETRY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY. 8. CONTINUOUS WEAR. 9. OCULAR REACTION INDUCED BY CONTACT LENS WEAR. 10. CONTROL OF HIGH ORDER CORNEAL ABERRATIONS: FITTING CONTACT LENSES IN PRESENCE OF CORNEAL ECTASIAS OR AFTER CORNEA SURGERY. 11. CORRECTION OF PRESBYOPIA. 12. SILICONE RUBBER SOFT CONTACT LENSES. 13. TINTED CONTACT LENSES. 14. CONTACT LENS IN INFANCY. 15. ORTHOKERATOLOGY. 16. MYOPIA CONTROL. 17. THERAPEUTIC WEAR. 18. CONTACT LENSES IN CONDITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS. 19. CLINICAL CASES.

(FLETCHER R, LUPELLI L ROSSI A)" CONTACT LENS PRACTICE. A CLINICAL GUIDE. BACKWELL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS] 1994, UK (THE ITALIAN EDITION, PUBLISHED BY MEDICAL BOKS OF PALERMO, WAS REVISED IN 1998)
(VEYS J, MEYLER J, DAVIES I) “ESSENTIAL CONTACT LENS PRACTICE” TVCI 2008, USA
LUPELLI L.) “OPTOMETRIA A-Z. DIZIONARIO DI SCIENZA, TECNICA E CLINICA DELLA VISIONE” [MEDICAL BOOKS, PALERMO, 2014].

1 - CONJUNCTIVA: Infectious conjunctivitis, allergic conjunctivitis, neoformations, red painful e not painful eye
2 - LIDS: inflammatory diseases, neoformations
3 - CORNEA: Infectious keratitis, dystrophy and degeneration corneal diseases, hypoxia and corneal acidosis, corneal topography
4 - TEAR FILM: qualitative and quantitative test, dry eye
5 - LENS: senile and congenital cataract
6 - HYDRODYNAMICS: semeiotics glaucoma, open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma, congenital glaucoma
7 -REFRACTIVE DEFECTS
8 - RETINA: acquired and congenital retinopathy, retinitis
9 - UVEA: anterior, intermediate uveitis, choroiditis, uveal neoformations
10 - OPTIC NERVE: neuritis, papilledema, pupil
11 - DISEASES OF POSTERIOR VISUAL PATHWAYS

LUCIANO LIUZZI FRANCO BARTOLI
MANUALE DI OFTALMOLOGIA IV EDIZIONE.
EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

INTRODUCTION TO THE OPTICAL LINEAR PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS AND GLASSES. ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS. RADIATION – MATTER INTERACTION. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS AND NON-METALS: REFRACTION, REFLESSION, ABSORPTION, TRANSMISSION, COLOR OPACITY. REFRACTIVE INDEX AND LIGHT DISPERSION; ABBE CONSTRINGENCE. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS, ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS, STRAIN AND RUPTURE. PLASTIC MATERIALS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY. SYNTHETIC POLYMERS AND THEIR RANKING ACCORDING TO: DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION, MOLECULAR WEIGHT, POLIDISPERSIVITY, ETC.. INTRODUCTION TO THE THERMODYNAMICS OF POLYMERS AND THEIR CHAIN STRUCTURE. POLYMERS MOST COMMONLY USED IN FABRICATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PROTHESIS AND THEIR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCES. CONTACT LENS (HARD, SOFT, ETC.). GLASSES AND KINETICS OF THE GLASS PHASE TRANSITION. SILICA AND ITS PROPERTIES. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASSES. FABRICATION OF GLASSES FOR OPTICAL DEVICES AND QUALITY CONTROL. THIN FILMS FOR LINEAR OPTICS APPLICATIONS. SURFACE TREATMENTS OF THE OPTICAL DEVICES AND LENSES.

(CALLISTER W.D. ) SCIENZA ED INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI, UNA INTRODUZIONE [EDISES (NAPOLI)]