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Background
Trial lens sets are the lenses used in the field of ophthalmology to assess
the status of a person's dioptry, such as the nearsightedness,
farsightedness, old eyes, astigmatism, and other refractive disorders. To
facilitate the examination, an ophthalmologist or refractionist should know
the type and function of the lenses inside the trial lens set.
Aim
To recognize the type and function of the lens in the trial lens set.
Key words
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Picture 1. Spherical lens on trial lens Picture 3. Prism lens on trial lens
2. Cylinder Lens
4. Occluder lens
Cylindrical lens is a lens that
has unequal strength on all the axis. The black lens or ocluder lens is used
After passing through the lens, the to cover the unexamined eye.
light will be focused into a straight line.
The cylinder lens consists of a
concave and convex cylindrical lens
that can be used to correct
astigmatism.
Picture 4. Occluder
5. Cross Lens
Cross lenses are used to
determine the central pupil and
Picture 2. Cylindrical lens on trial lens
measure the distance between the two
3. Prism Lens eyeballs (interocular distance).
A B
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example, in patients with cataracts is
suitable to used lens with red or green.
This color lens is also suitable for the
Picture 5. Frosted lens. A. Frosted assessment of vision correction and
lens on trial lens; B. Examples of color blindness examination.
using the frosted lenses in everyday
life.
10. Cross cylinder lens
7. Slit lens
This lens has opposing
This lens has a gap in the dioptric powers on 2 different axes.
middle so that light can only enter This lens is used to assess the degree
through the gap. By rotating the and position of the cylindrical lens axis
position of the lens in front of the eye, in patients with astigmatism. Put the
astigmatism can be examined where lens before the cylinder lens and
there will be sharp changes in the coincide with the position of the axis,
engagement either worsened or then turn the cross cylinder 90' lens
improved in accordance with the counter clockwise and see there is any
position of the axis. If there is no change in vision. If there is no change
change, then it can prove that there is of vision, then the position of the
no astigmatism. cylindrical lens axis used is correct.
However, if there is a change then the
position of the axis can be repaired
again.
Referensi:
1. American Academy of
Ophthalmology. Clinical Optics.
San Fransisco: AAO. 2014.
2. Benjamin, WJ. Borish’s Clinical
Refraction 2nd ed. Missouri:
Elsevier. 2006.
3. Bhootra, AK. Ophthalmic Lenses.
India: Jaypee Brothers. 2009.