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. 2015 Jul-Aug;60(4):373-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Nov 10.

Focusing the surgical microscope

Sergiu D Socea  1 , Yoreh Barak  1 , Eytan Z Blumenthal  2
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Focusing the surgical microscope

Sergiu D Socea et al. Surv Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

A well-focused operating microscope addresses several needs that are all secondary to the surgeon's need to see clearly at all times. These needs include: the assistant; the sharpness of the video and monitor; as well as field of view, asthenopia, and focusing issues related to zoom, accommodation, and presbyopia. We provide a practical approach to achieve optimal focus that we call the sloping paper calibration method.

Keywords: focus; focusing; microscope; surgical microscope.

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