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Contrast sensitivity based orientation changes in refractive surgery patients.

Humza J Tahir¹, Neil R A Parry, Arun Brahma

¹Faculty of Life Sciences, Moffat Building, University of Manchester, P.O. Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK. humza.tahir@manchester.ac.uk

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Refractive surgery increases higher-order aberrations, impacting vision. Testing contrast sensitivity at multiple grating orientations, rather than one, better reveals these vision changes and their link to aberrations.

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Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Vision Science
Optometry

Background:

Refractive surgery can increase higher-order aberrations (HOAs), leading to visual disturbances like glare and halos, especially in low light.
Eye aberrations, such as coma and trefoil, are often non-circularly symmetric, potentially affecting visual tests.
Traditional contrast sensitivity tests assume orientation independence, which may not accurately reflect vision with HOAs.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of grating orientation on contrast sensitivity after refractive surgery.
To determine if multiple orientations provide a better correlation with higher-order aberrations compared to a single orientation.

Main Methods:

Contrast sensitivity was measured for a 12 cycles/degree sine wave grating at four orientations in 12 subjects before and after refractive surgery.
Pupil dilation was used to enhance the effect of aberrations.
Correlation analysis was performed between contrast sensitivity and measured higher-order aberrations.

Main Results:

Refractive surgery induced orientation-selective changes in contrast sensitivity in most subjects (9/12, p < 0.05).
The correlation between contrast sensitivity and HOAs improved when data from multiple orientations were combined (r(2) = 0.46, p = 0.007) compared to single orientations (ranging from r(2) = 0.55 to 0.09).

Conclusions:

Grating orientation is a significant factor influencing contrast sensitivity measurements in eyes with higher-order aberrations.
Assessing contrast sensitivity across multiple orientations offers a more comprehensive evaluation of visual performance following refractive surgery.