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Aberration-Free Refractive Surgery

New Frontiers in Vision

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Josef F. Bille

    1. Kirchhoff Institute of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Carol F. H. Harner

    1. VISX, Inc., Santa Clara, USA

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  3. Frieder H. Loesel

    1. 20/10 Perfect Vision, Optische Geräte GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. The Development of Wavefront Technology and its Application to Ophthalmology

    • J. F. Bille
    Pages 1-23

  3. Optical Quality of the Human Eye: The Quest for Perfect Vision

    • J. F. Bille, J. Büchler Costa, F. Müller
    Pages 25-46

  4. First Clinical Results with WaveScan™

    • A. Gleibs
    Pages 47-55

  5. Wavefront Analysis: Clinical Primer

    • J. F. Doane, S. Morris, A. D. Border, L. S. EuDaly, J. A. Denning
    Pages 57-87

  6. The VISX STAR S3™ ActiveTrak™ Eye Tracker

    • J. Shimmick, K. Yee, B. Cutrer
    Pages 89-103

  7. Method for Wavefront Driven Custom Ablations

    • J. Watson, J. Shimmick, B. Cutrer, E. Gross, J. Wong, L. Bechtel et al.
    Pages 105-121

  8. Wavefront Driven Custom Ablation: First Clinical Results

    • R. Volz, U. von Pape
    Pages 123-141

  9. Photorefractive Keratectomy: Indications, Surgical Techniques, Complications, and Results

    • W. B. Jackson
    Pages 143-157

  10. Refractive Surgical Applications of Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

    • F. H. Loesel, L. Zickler, R. Kessler
    Pages 159-175

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 177-205
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About this book

Refractive surgeons and clinicians are searching for a more customized approach to refractive surgery. This comprehensive report on sight correction through laser surgery provides the practitioner with solid background information from top industry researchers. Carefully illustrated, it details the latest techniques and clinical results in wavefront technology for laser surgery, which is now defining a new standard of practice. This second edition has been significantly expanded to include in-depth descriptions of important new advances as well as glimpses of what the future holds. The book will be indispensable to all wishing to extend their knowledge of customized refractive surgery with an understanding of the underpinning technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kirchhoff Institute of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Josef F. Bille

  • VISX, Inc., Santa Clara, USA

    Carol F. H. Harner

  • 20/10 Perfect Vision, Optische Geräte GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

    Frieder H. Loesel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aberration-Free Refractive Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: New Frontiers in Vision

  • Editors: Josef F. Bille, Carol F. H. Harner, Frieder H. Loesel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97918-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-97918-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 206

  • Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations, 186 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Measurement Science and Instrumentation

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