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Simulations to demonstrate the visual disorders and their corrections with LASIK

Good vision starts with the capture of sharp images on the retina of the eye. If receiving light beams (images that we see) do not meet on the retina itself, but either in front or behind, the image is represented out of focus. This is considered a refraction error or ametropia, better known as a visual disorder.

FreeVis has developed a simulation that illustrates the image proportions for myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness).

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Another simulation explains, how LASIK surgery corrects the respective visual disorder:

With myopia the laser is used centrally in order to decrease the refraction power. On the other hand, with hyperopia the cornea peripheral is lasered with the objective to increase the refractive power of the cornea.

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After you have adjusted your visual disorder on the diopter scale, the simulation guides you through the LASIK surgery and demonstrates how the illustration ratios can be corrected with cornea reshaping.