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Spherical aberration and the benefits of aspheric lenses for vision correction

Spherical aberration and the benefits of aspheric lenses for vision correction

Optical engineer Cory Boone breaks down spherical aberration, its effects on vision and ophthalmic lens performance, aspheric lenses for aberration control and the centre of rotation condition in opht...

Anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Iftab Akram and Professor Yit Chiun Yang of the Practice Plus Group discuss the role of community optometrists in referring patients for cataract surgery and provide guidance to primary eye care profe...

Understanding neurodiversity: Building inclusive eye care

Understanding neurodiversity: Building inclusive eye care

Lana Delambre shares essential strategies for clinicians to better support neurodiverse patients with practical, inclusive and patient-focused approaches that improve access, patient care and clinical...

Glare from vehicle headlights: The canary in the car

Glare from vehicle headlights: The canary in the car

Dr Douglas Clarkson explores the spectral emission of modern car headlight systems and how they cause problems to patients when driving at night...

OCT masterclass 6: An introduction to OCT-A

OCT masterclass 6: An introduction to OCT-A

In this sixth article Jason Higginbotham considers OCT-A and its application in daily optometry practice and how OCT B-Scans can detect a range of lesions and signs associated with ischaemic retinal c...

Fitting spectacles to children with microtia

Fitting spectacles to children with microtia

Dispensing optician Steve Golding describes the congenital ear malformation microtia and outlines a number of challenging dispensing cases...

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