Biomedical Optics

Optometry faculty use optical approaches to study the eye and effects of disorders that impact vision. Biomedical optics research includes the area of visual optics that focuses on the optical structures of the eye, the cornea and lens, ocular wavefront aberrations, eye growth and development of refractive error. 

The research also includes high-resolution imaging of the normal organization of the retina and optic nerve head and effects of aging and disease (diabetes, glaucoma or other) on the constituent cells and vasculature. Noninvasive optical approaches include adaptive optics imaging, optical coherence tomography, geometric and clinical optics. Other applied work in biomedical optics is focused on designing and manufacturing specialty contact lenses for patients with disorders of the cornea or lens.

Faculty in Biomedical Optics