[The current status and prospects for using the method of photoelasticity in ophthalmology].

The paper analyses results after a study of a complex of questions connected with the method of photoresiliency in ophthalmology. The notion about the nature of a strained-deformed state of the cornea, regularities in formation of a photoresilient picture are discussed on the grounds of experiments on eye biomechanics, a study of optic transformation of polarized light, calculations and mathematic simulation. The paper describes a calculation-experimental method for measuring the tensions acting in the cornea, deciphering of isochrome and isocuneiform fields, data on the usage of computers for automatic treatment and analysis of images.