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Correction of Presbyopia by Monocular Bi-Aspheric Ablation Profile

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Peripheral aberrations and image quality for contact lens correction.

Jie Shen¹, Larry N Thibos

¹College of Optometry, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766, USA. jshen@westernu.edu

Optometry and Vision Science : Official Publication of the American Academy of Optometry

|August 30, 2011

Summary

Rigid contact lenses improve peripheral visual quality by reducing aberrations, while soft lenses decrease it. Further improvements require better correction of second-order aberrations alongside higher-order ones.

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Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Optical Engineering
Vision Science

Background:

Peripheral optical quality in myopic eyes is affected by field curvature and blur.
The impact of contact lenses (CLs) on peripheral higher-order aberrations (HOA) and image quality remains largely uninvestigated.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate peripheral wavefront aberrations and image quality in the visual field.
To compare these parameters before and after correction with soft or rigid CLs.

Main Methods:

Ocular wavefront errors were measured using a Hartmann-Shack aberrometer.
Measurements were taken in 5° steps to 30° eccentricity along the horizontal meridian.
Data were analyzed for uncorrected eyes and eyes corrected with soft or rigid CLs.

Main Results:

Higher-order aberrations increase with eccentricity in uncorrected eyes, with third-order aberrations being most prominent.
Contact lenses generally increase HOAs, except for third-order terms.
Rigid CLs improved overall image quality in the peripheral visual field, while soft CLs reduced it.

Conclusions:

Second-order aberrations are a primary limitation to peripheral image quality, more so than HOAs.
While CLs reduce second-order aberrations, the benefit is diminished by increased HOAs.
Optimizing peripheral vision correction necessitates enhanced correction of both second-order and higher-order aberrations.