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Noel Alpins. 2005. Combining wavefront and topography data.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.03.020
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Three patients (5 eyes) presented with complaints of monocular diplopia and no history of ocular trauma or surgery. The patients had comprehensive neuroophthalmic evaluation including manifest refraction, anterior segment and dilated fundus examination, and corneal topography. All patients also had wavefront analysis using the LADARWave system (Alcon). Two patients (4 eyes) also had hard contact lens overrefraction. The patients had a normal initial examination including corneal topography. One patient (2 eyes) did not experience resolution of diplopia with pinhole. No eye improved with manifest refraction or hard contact lens overrefraction. However, each patient had a significant amount of coma on wavefront analysis. Moreover, eyes with horizontal diplopia had horizontal coma and eyes with vertical diplopia had vertical coma as measured with the wavefront device. Higher-order optical aberrations such as coma may be associated with monocular diplopia. Wavefront technology may be useful in the workup of monocular diplopia.
We present a Purkinje imaging system for phakometry and measurement of tilt and decentration of crystalline and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Crystalline lens radii of curvature were estimated by using both a merit function and the equivalent mirror approaches. Tilts and decentrations were estimated by using Phillips's linear analysis. We present a complete validation of the technique through exhaustive computer simulations and control experiments, and measurements in 17 normal eyes (mean age 26.67 +/- 2.31) and nine postcataract surgery eyes (mean age 74 +/- 2.3). Crystalline lens radii ranged from 12.7 to 8.81 mm and from -5.64 to -7.09 mm for anterior and posterior surfaces, respectively. Crystalline lens tilt ranged from 2.8 to -2.87 deg horizontally and from 2.58 to -1 deg vertically. Crystalline lens decentration ranged from 0.09 to 0.45 mm horizontally and from 0.09 to -0.22 mm vertically. IOL tilt ranged from 3.6 to -1.51 deg horizontally and from 5.97 to -1.85 deg vertically. IOL decentration ranged from 0.53 to -0.31 mm horizontally and from 0.13 to -0.96 mm vertically.
PURPOSE: The videokeratoscope is one of the most widely used instruments for the diagnosis of the human cornea. Results are usually plotted in the form of color-coded maps where each color is associated with a specific range of curvatures or elevations. Nevertheless there has been no thorough study in the literature demonstrating the advantages or disadvantages of different visualization techniques applied to the videokeratoscope. METHODS: A videokeratograph developed in our laboratory was used to collect in vivo data. The cornea of a patient with keratoconus was used as input data for all implemented visualization methods. RESULTS: The various methods of visualization were compared between each other for the same cornea and it was observed that for each method the corneal anomalies appear differently. DISCUSSION: The aspects related to the scientific visualization of the cornea have been a subject of very little attention both by the Brazilian and international community. Nevertheless, with the results presented in this first study, we believe it is not only important to extend the scope of these studies but also to apply these techniques to other medical areas. CONCLUSION: A simple choice of the visualization method can make the difference between a simple and correct diagnosis and a completely dramatic error in an apparently simple case. Therefore, the results obtained in this study make clear the importance of making the correct choice of the scientific visualization method for this kind of medical instrument.