Vision and the Eye

4.0 credits

This interactive course connects with current research in the Center for Visual Science. It covers an intro to Visual Optics, incl. optical elements of the eye and their image forming capabilities on the retina. It explores the first steps of the visual process: sampling by retinal cone photoreceptors & chromatic function; optical & neural contributions to functional vision; stereovision & binocular vision. The course emphasizes optical imaging tech for: measurements of geometrical, biomechanical & optical properties of ocular components of the eye (including OCT, adv. microscopy, elastography & wavefront sensing); retinal imaging (adaptive optics); techniques for visual psychophysical assessments. Concepts and tech for physiological changes (e.g. myopia, accommodation, aging) are also demonstrated.