This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The 3rd edition of Contact Lens Optics & Lens Design provides a straightforward introduction and offers solutions to the vast majority of contact lens optics problems likely to be encountered in practice. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains integral coverage of soft lenses, information on the latest corneal measuring techniques, and expanded coverage of astigmatism and corneal toricity. It includes a new chapter on presbyopia and separate treatment of orthokeratology. Also included on the CD-ROM, is a set of invaluable computer programs, which allow the users to bypass tedious calculations in arriving at best fits.

Offers solutions to the vast majority of contact lens optics problems

Includes a companion CD-ROM with calculators to resolve fitting problems

Revised, expanded, and updated computer programs on CD-ROM

New two-color design throughout

Color plate section

Integral coverage of soft and RGP lenses

In-depth information on mean thickness and harmonic mean thickness

Discussion of the latest corneal measuring techniques

Wavefront aberrations

Soft toric lenses discussed in detail

New chapter on presbyopia correction and soft lens bifocal design

Coverage of orthokeratology and other cutting-edge techniques