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Some of the modern examination instruments we use

Computer assisted refraction to determine your lens prescription.  While you  look into the instrument, the computer scans how light focuses on the back of  your eye. It takes only seconds and does not require your making any decisions.  The doctor pretty much knows what a persons prescription is before he asks them a single  question.
Auto-refractor
Computer evaluation of your present glasses or contacts. When  your glasses are inserted into the instrument, four beams of light from the instrument arrive at slightly different time intervals 1" away at the instrument receiver. Based on the speed of light being constant, the instrument determines the lens power.  It’s much more accurate than the old way.
Auto-lensometer
Computerized peripheral visual field testing to help detect eye disease. Many eye diseases first effect side vision, which is difficult for most people to notice. In computerized field testing, you just look straight ahead and push a button when you see a light. The computer keeps track of how bright the light was, where it was and if you see it. It does a statistical analysis of the results to determine the probability of eye disease being present. It is very helpful in diagnosing glaucoma.
Auto-perimeter
Photography of the eyes interior to help detect disease in the future. A picture is worth much more than a thousand words when eye disease first starts to develop. Retinal photographs of what it looks like inside a persons eyes  allow the doctor to detect changes in eye health much earlier because he can directly compare how it looks now to how it looked at an earlier time. View inside an eye

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