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Changes of ocular aberration with accommodation.

Sayuri Ninomiya1, Takashi Fujikado, Teruhito Kuroda

  • 1Department of Visual Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan.

American Journal of Ophthalmology
|December 10, 2002
PubMed
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Accommodation significantly alters spherical aberration in young adults without impacting overall image quality. This suggests preserving natural spherical aberration may be beneficial for personalized vision correction.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Optometry
  • Vision Science

Background:

  • Ocular aberrations affect visual acuity.
  • Accommodation, the eye's ability to change focus, influences ocular optics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of accommodation on ocular aberrations.
  • To analyze changes in spherical aberration during accommodation.

Main Methods:

  • Observational case series involving 33 young adults.
  • Ocular aberrations measured using a Hartmann-Shack wavefront aberrometer.
  • Measurements taken before and during 3 diopters of accommodation.

Main Results:

  • Root mean square wavefront error remained unchanged in 4-mm and 6-mm zones.

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  • Spherical aberration significantly shifted towards negative values in both 4-mm (P <.001) and 6-mm (P =.022) zones.

    • Conclusions:

    • Accommodation induces significant negative spherical aberration without degrading image quality.
    • Eliminating physiological spherical aberration for distance vision may not be optimal for customized aberration correction.