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> 1999 Vision Science and Its Applications
> February 19-22, 1999
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
> Sponsored by OSA, in cooperation with the American Academy of
> Optometry
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> Abstracts Due: September 9, 1998
> Electronic Submissions Due: September 11, 1998
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> Need to stay current on the latest technologies for assessing
> vision? Find out what the leaders in the field of vision research are
> learning about the eye using new forms of adaptive optics, scanning laser
> ophthalmoscopy, and other means. Such techniques increase our
> understanding of the disease processes within the eye and the human body
> as well as provide new ways to measure visual response.
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> Who should attend:
> Academic, clinical, and industrial researchers. Students encouraged
> to apply for grants.
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> Topics to be considered:
> * Special sessions on presbyopia and myopia
> * Psychophysical and electrophysiological analysis of eye disorders
> (glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy)
> * Visual development and aging (amblyopia)
> * Low vision research
> * Advances in imaging techniques including scanning laser
> ophthalmoscopy, MRI, PET scanning, and densitometry
> * Specialized ophthalmic photography
> * Modeling of ocular media
> * Optical corrections of refractive errors
> * Surgical correction and intraocular lens design
> * Progressive addition lens specification, design, and quality
> measures
> * Retinal implants/transplants
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> Smith-Kettlewell Lecture: Manual del Cerro, MD, Professor of
> Ophthalmology, Director of Retina Transplantation Group, University of
> Rochester School of Medicine
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> Jane Gwiazda, New England College of Optometry, Advisory Committee
> Chair
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> Kent Higgins, The Lighthouse Inc., Technical Program Committee Chair
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> For more information on the meeting, go the meetings calendar on
> OpticsNet (http://www.osa.org) or contact OSA's Conference Services
> Department, Tel: 202/416-6100 or send us an email at confserv@osa.org.
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