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Lens and visual development
Author(s) -
LÖFGREN S
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.4622.x
Subject(s) - optometry , lens (geology) , aphakia , pillar , refraction , intraocular lens , visual acuity , transparency (behavior) , optics , emmetropia , ophthalmology , computer science , medicine , refractive error , engineering , physics , computer security , structural engineering
The visual development is dependent on a number of factors, such as eye media transparency, refraction, eye growth, environmental light input and visual image input. The lens plays an important role for the visual development. The lecture will cover lens growth and development, in connection to visual development in children. Form changing lens disease and light absorbing disease in or around the lens can be amblyogenic, although in many cases the situation can be resolved with refractive treatment or lens removal. Unfortunately the postoperative or treatment efficiency on visual development is not always perfect. Besides the above diseases there is also the question about indirect effects of aphakia or intraocular lens on eye and visual development. Further, some words on emmetropization related to lens structure and function. Pillar‐stone papers will be presented to serve as backbone for newer data.