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Posted By:  boothenews
Posted On:  Nov 28, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

diopter - The diopter is the unit of measurement for optical lenses. A one diopter lens will focus parallel light rays 1 meter from the lens and a two diopter lens will focus 0.5 meter from the lens. A plus ( + ) 1.0 diopter lens is convex and will converge the light rays so they focus as a...... [view]

Posted By:  boothesurgery
Posted On:  Nov 25, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

Wavefront Supported Corneal Ablation - The trade name for the Carl Zeiss Meditec WASCA aberrometer and the MEL 70 or MEL 80 excimer laser system when it’s used for wavefront guided excimer laser ablation for Lasik, Epi-Lasik, LASEK, PRK, and IntraLasik. Dr. Boothe Lasik Surgery Dry Eye...... [view]

Posted By:  drboothelasik
Posted On:  Nov 19, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

Phakic Intraocular Lens (P-IOL) - A removable artificial lens which is placed in front of the natural lens, to increase its focusing ability. Dr. William Boothe Lasek Corneal Haze - An after-effect of Excimer laser surgery, where the cornea develops opaque white cells which cloud the...... [view]

Posted By:  wdrboothe
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

LASIK is the acronym for laser assisted in situ keratomileusis which refers to creating a flap in the cornea with a microkeratome and using a laser to reshape the underlying cornea. Lasik Dr William Boothe After a thorough eye examination, you'll be expected to choose a doctor to perform...... [view]

Posted By:  wdrboothe
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

How Does Laser Eye Surgery Work? It’s Best To Find Out Before Anyone Operates On Your Eyes You wouldn’t go into heart surgery or brain surgery without knowing exactly what the surgeons plan to do with your body, would you? After all, one slip up or one mistake and you are history. The same...... [view]

Posted By:  wdrboothe
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

How Does Laser Eye Surgery Work? It’s Best To Find Out Before Anyone Operates On Your Eyes You wouldn’t go into heart surgery or brain surgery without knowing exactly what the surgeons plan to do with your body, would you? After all, one slip up or one mistake and you are history. The same...... [view]

Posted By:  wdrboothe
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

How Does Laser Eye Surgery Work? It’s Best To Find Out Before Anyone Operates On Your Eyes You wouldn’t go into heart surgery or brain surgery without knowing exactly what the surgeons plan to do with your body, would you? After all, one slip up or one mistake and you are history. The same...... [view]

Posted By:  dwilliamboothe
Posted On:  Oct 28, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

Ophthalmoscope - (ahf-THAL-muh-skohp) A hand-held instrument with a light, used to examine the eye. It was first devised in 1915 by William Noah Allyn and Frederick Welch, who also founded the company Welch Allyn, which today manufactures many medical diagnostic and therapeutic devices....... [view]

Posted By:  boothelasik
Posted On:  Oct 26, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

Focusing power of the eye - The combined action of the cornea and the lens to refract light on to the retina. As light enters the eye, it’s refracted (bent) by the cornea, because of the cornea’s curvature. As the light continues further into the eye, passing through the pupil to reach the...... [view]

Posted By:  drboothedalltx
Posted On:  Oct 23, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

Optical Zone - That area of the eye where light passes through from the pupil to the retina. Light passes through the cornea, then the aqueous humor behind it, then the crystalline lens and the vitreous humor behind the lens, to the retina. Dr. William Boothe Lasek : Monocular - An adjective...... [view]

Posted By:  mdboothetx
Posted On:  Oct 20, 2009

  Dr. William Boothe Eye Surgeon

Lens - The crystalline lens, inside the eye, which refracts (bends) light rays as they pass through the eye to the retina. It’s fully transparent and is convex on both sides (curves outwards). It’s located between the iris, the colored part of the eye, and the vitreous humor, the fluid which...... [view]

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