Ophthalmic Diagnostics

Dr Taraprasad Das, MD, FRCS, DSc, FAMS is currently the Vice Chairman (Emeritus) of L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad; Fellow of National Academy of Medical Science, India; Vice President, Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology; and Fellow of Academy of Asia- Pacific Professors in Ophthalmology. His research includes clinical (diabetic retinopathy and infectious endophthalmitis) and public health ophthalmology. He has received 18 research grants, published 356 research papers in peer reviewed medical journals, written 57 book chapters, and authored /edited 12 books. He has delivered 25 eponymous lectures. His recognition includes American Academy of Ophthalmology senior achievement award, Revenshaw University Honaris Causa and Government of India civil honor, Padmasri. Stanford University has included him in the world's top 2% of research scientists in ophthalmology. Dr Prem Nandhini Satgunam, BS(Opt), MS, Ph.D., works as a scientist at LVPrasad Eye Institute. Trained as an optometrist, she also sees patients in the binocular vision and orthoptics clinic. She received her Bachelor's in Optometry from BITS, Pilani and Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, graduating as the best outgoing student. Her Master's and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University, College of Optometry, USA, where she was recognized in the top 100 alumni. Dr. Satgunam also completed her postdoctoral training at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA. She has published 50 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has given 65 invited talks nationally and internationally. She holds a patent for a device developed to test babies' vision.

Chapter 1 Visual Acuity High and Low Contrast.- Chapter 2 Autorefract Autorefraction: Objective estimation of refractive error.- Chapter 3 Retinoscopy.- Chapter 4 Prescribing Spectacles.- Chapter 5 Optical Dispensing.- Chapter 6 Extraocular muscle tests and cover tests.- Chapter 7 The pupil and pupillary reflexes.- Chapter 8 Clinical Measurement of Stereoacuity.- Chapter 9 Colour Vision.- Chapter 10 Smartphone-based Ophthalmic Imaging.- Chapter 11 Cataract grading systems.- Chapter 12 Biometry and intraocular lens power calculation.- Chapter 13 Imaging Cataract.- Chapter 14 Slit lamp biomicroscopy.- Chapter 15 Corneal Topography.- Chapter 16 Ocular Surface.- Chapter 17 Intraocular Pressure.- Chapter 18 Gonioscopy.- Chapter 19 Optic Disc Photography.- Chapter 20 OCT in glaucoma.- Chapter 21 Visual Field.- Chapter 22 Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer.- Chapter 23 Ultrasound Biomicroscopy.- Chapter 24 Ophthalmic Ultrasound.- Chapter 25 Fundus Photography.- Chapter 26 Dye-based Angiography.- Chapter 27 Pediatric wide-field retinal imaging.- Chapter 28 Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography- Angiography.- Chapter 29 Microperimetry.- Chapter 30 Adaptive Optics.- Chapter 31 Electroretinography.- Chapter 32 Visual Evoked Potential.- Chapter 33 The clinical electro-oculogram.- Chapter 34 Computed Tomography – Dacryocystography.- Chapter 35 Home care and Tele-Ophthalmology.