Different Types of Ophthalmic Instruments

Various types of ophthalmic equipments are used by ophthalmologists to

test vision and to determine the health of the eye.

Some of the most important Ophthalmic instruments:

Ophthalmoscope

The refractor instrument

or the phoropter

Keratometer

Retinoscope

Topographer

Slit lamp bio microscope

Tonometer

Chart projector

Ophthalmoscope

Used to view the retina of the eye

The refractor instrument or the phoropter

Used to measure the glasses prescription.

Keratometer

It is used for measuring the shape of the cornea or the curvature of the eye.

Retinoscope

The equipment being a handheld instrument can evaluate prescription strengths.

Topographer

It is used for creating a cornea map and is used along with the Keratometer.

Slit lamp biomicroscope

Equipment used to examine the structures in the front of the eye.

Chart projector

chart projectors which displays letters and signs on a screen to test the eye sight of the patient.

Tonometer

Equipment which is used for diagnosing glaucoma by measuring the pressure in the eye.

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