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DECENTRATION [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
  • Optical Glass
DEF

Positioning of the optical centre at a point other than the geometrical centre of the optic or central optic zone.

OBS

optical decentration: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
  • Verres d'optique
DEF

Position du centre optique en un point autre que le centre géométrique de la zone optique ou de la zone optique centrale.

OBS

décentrement optique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Prostheses
  • The Eye
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

A lateral displacement of the optic due to compression of the haptic(s), measured as the distance between the geometrical centre of the clear optic and the centre of a cylinder of prescribed diameter to which the intraocular lens is confined.

OBS

optic decentration: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Prothèses
  • Oeil
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
DEF

Déplacement latéral de l'optique résultant de la compression de [ou] des haptiques, mesuré [par la] distance séparant le centre géométrique du diamètre optique libre et le centre d'un cylindre de diamètre prescrit auquel la lentille intraoculaire est comprimée.

OBS

décentrement de l'optique : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
CONT

In the 300 cases done, there was no incidents of implant decentration nor was there any unwanted rotation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
CONT

Les données issues de 273 rapports renvoyés et analysés par ce groupe d'étude permettent de connaître les raisons qui poussent les chirurgiens à explanter des implants pliables intraoculaires. Ces motifs sont principalement constitués par la dislocation ou le décentrement de l'implant, une erreur de calcul de puissance, la calcification de l'implant, les halos ou des aberrations optiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

Misalignment of optical center of eyeglass lens with visual axis of eye.

OBS

Decentration of a lens indicates that the lens is sliding off center and may give rise to poor vision or arcuate staining or both.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Déplacement horizontal et/ou vertical du centre optique d'un verre de lunette par rapport à sa position théorique.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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