Astigmatism analysis by the Alpins method.
The Alpins Method of astigmatism analysis has many parallels to the game of golf. A golf putt is a vector, possessing magnitude (length) and axis (direction).
The surgical correction of astigmatism is the last frontier to optimizing visual outcomes for patients. Practical Astigmatism: Planning and Analysis is a comprehensive guide to correcting astigmatism from pre-operative planning to post-operative analysis. This provides readers with unique insight to what actually happened surgically: did the astigmatism over or under correct? Was it on-axis or.
AIM: Although much has been published on vector-based analysis of astigmatism, the reason why vectors precisely describe astigmatism features, or even changes in its characteristics, has been discussed only on a few articles. Our review intends to highlight the essential features of both methods proposed by Alpins and Thibos. METHODS: Pubmed was searched for papers in English, containing.
Alpins N. Practical Astigmatism: Planning and Analysis (pp 39-46).. The online calculators provide Alpins Method planning and analysis of single cases at a time, whereas, the ASSORT and VECTrAK software allow analyses of multiple cases and their storage in a database.
The book— Practical Astigmatism, Planning and Analysis —was released in September this year and provides a comprehensive guide to the ophthalmologist’s internationally-recognised Alpins Method for analysing astigmatism. Astigmatism is a common eye condition that causes blurred vision at both near and far distances.
Next up for Alpins is his latest book, which consists of 24 chapters, called Practical Astigmatism, Planning and Analysis. The book will be published later this year by Slack Inc. “Since the 1990s I have written over 20 peer reviewed papers on new techniques that plan and analyses astigmatism and CorT,” said Alpins.
SLACK BOOKS, The surgical correction of astigmatism is the last frontier to optimizing visual outcomes for patients. Practical Astigmatism: Planning and Analysis is a comprehensive guide to correcting astigmatism from pre-operative planning to post-operative analysis. This provides readers with unique insight to what actually happened surgically: did the astigmatism over or under correct?