Education/Training: Doctor of Optometry from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of

Science from the University of Florida

Techniques: Unique technique that Dr. Pope made up: After the first set of general exams, Dr.
Pope uses a technique that he developed. First, he purposely overcompensates the prescription of
the patient. This allows Dr. Pope to relax the eyes of the patient and get a more accurate
prescription. Dr. Pope then readjusts the prescription to allow it to realign with the new
prescription (with the relaxed eyes).
Terms and Definitions:
1. Cornea: The clear front outer layer of your eye. It covers the iris.
2. Cataract: A medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively
opaque, resulting in blurred vision.
3. Iris: The colored membrane around your pupil. It expands and contracts to control the
amount of light that gets into your eye.
4. OS and OD: Oculus sinister and oculus dextrus mean the left and right eye, respectively.
5. OU: Both eyes. Used as an abbreviation in prescriptions.
6. LASIK: A surgical procedure that patients use to reshape the cornea. LASIK can correct
nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism.
7. Glaucoma Surgery: A surgical procedure meant to reduce the pressure in the eye.
8. Macular Degeneration Surgery: Surgery meant to reduce the growth of blood vessels that
can cause dark spots in the vision.
9. Astigmatism: A common vision condition that causes blurred vision. It occurs when the
cornea (the clear front cover of the eye) is irregularly shaped or sometimes because of the
curvature of the lens inside the eye.
10. Optic Nerve: Each of the second pair of cranial nerves, transmitting impulses to the brain
from the retina at the back of the eye.
Sketches, drawings:
Schedules:
Tools and equipment
Structure:

Symptoms:
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The image on the right is one that is used first for the general examination process. The left and
right most dials are used for the prescriptions and the middle knobs are used to treat cataracts.
The bottom two dials are used for fine tuning. The left image is used for the physical
examination of the eye (to check the health of the eye.)

Theory:
In artifact 6, the equipment is used for a physical examination. Rather than examining the surface
of the eye (as in the left artifact in artifact 9). I believe that most physical examinations are able
to be fully automated as it may utilize artificial neural networks to its advantage. However, in
both my and Doctor Pope’s opinion, the subjective examination is much harder, and probably
impossible to automate as the fine tuning requires intrapersonal skills.