Heritability estimates for corneal power were found to be high and similar for two populations which differed in their incidence of esotropia. This similarity suggest (1) that genetic differences for corneal power do not contribute to the difference in heritability for spherical refractive error reported for these populations and (2) that this character is not a critical variable contributing t...

purpose : to compare results of different methods for true corneal power determination and intraocular lens (iol) power calculation formulas in 10 eyes of 7 patients with previous radial keratotomy (rk) with or without astigmatic keratotomy methods : in this case series study, we determined the corneal power of 10 eyes of 7 patients who had undergone rk with or without astigmatic keratotomy wit...

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of experimental corneal neovascularization (nv) with benzoporphyrin derivative (bpd). methods: one group was considered as control (n=6 eyes) then, corneal nv was induced in 30 new zealand male rabbits (n=60 eyes) by placing 7.0 silk sutures at midstromal depth approximately1mm from th...

PURPOSE To determine the ablation depths of customized myopic excimer laser photoablations performed to change corneal asphericity after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). METHODS A mathematical model of aspheric myopic corneal laser surgery was generated. The initial corneal surface was modeled as a conic section of apical radius R(1) and asphericity ...

The use of a laser in place of a mechanical keratome for flap creation was a turning point in the field of refractive surgery. Visible and near infrared laser light are absorbed by the refractive structures of the eye and allowed to pass freely into the eye without effect at low-power densities. At high-power densities, the nonlinear optical properties of the cornea lead to absorption, generati...

We report the effect of changes in the corneal hydration on the refractive index of the cornea. Using optical coherence tomography (OCT), the geometrical thickness and the group refractive index of the bovine cornea were derived simultaneously as the corneal hydration was varied. The corneal hydration was then calculated from the corneal thickness. The group refractive index of the cornea incre...

In astigmatism variations in the curvature of the cornea or lens along different meridians prevent the light rays from focusing onto a single point. Corneal refraction depends on the corneal curvature. If the cornea is more curved, the power of refraction is higher and vice versa. Corneal and lenticular astigmatism can complement or cancel each other. Their summation represents the so called “t...

Eye gaze tracking (EGT) is a common problem with many applications in various fields. While recent methods have achieved improvements in accuracy and usability, current techniques still share several limitations. A major issue is the need for external calibration between the gaze camera system and the scene, which commonly restricts to static planar surfaces and leads to parallax errors. To ove...