PURPOSE To compare visual acuity, total and high order wavefront aberrations (coma, spherical aberration, and other terms of high order aberration), and contrast sensitivity in 105 eyes implanted with 4 different types of intraocular lenses (IOLs) (1 multifocal apodized diffractive IOL and 3 monofocal IOLs). METHODS A prospective study comparing four types of IOLs (Alcon ReSTOR [50 eyes], Alc...

PURPOSE To evaluate the differences of wavefront aberrations under cycloplegic, scotopic and photopic conditions. METHODS A total of 174 eyes of 105 patients were measured using the wavefront sensor (WaveScan® 3.62) under different pupil conditions: cycloplegic 8.58 ± 0.54 mm (6.4 mm - 9.5 mm), scotopic 7.53 ± 0.69 mm (5.7 mm - 9.1 mm) and photopic 6.08 ± 1.14 mm (4.1 mm - 8.8 mm). The pupil ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to characterize aberrations in 2 populations of eyes, namely those with keratoconus (KC) and those having undergone penetrating keratoplasty (PK), using a large-dynamic range Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor. DESIGN Prospective comparative case series. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-one people with ocular pathologic features (either KC or PK) were recruited for thi...

Higher order optical aberrations were measured in 273 cyclopleged Singaporean school children using a Bausch and Lomb Zywave aberrometer, with 268 of these subjects also undergoing corneal topography measurements (Tomey TMS 2 system). Subjects with low myopia (> -3.00 to -0.50 D) showed slightly, but significantly, less positive levels of spherical aberration than other refractive error groups....

PURPOSE To compare the higher-order aberrations of the oculus (whole eye) and cornea in eyes with mild cortical or nuclear cataract and to estimate the effect of ocular higher-order aberrations on the loss of contrast sensitivity using wavefront analysis. DESIGN Observational case series. METHODS Six eyes of four patients with mild nuclear cataract, 18 eyes of 14 patients with mild cortical...

with a negative spherical aberration designed to compensate for positive spherical aberration found in the cornea of the typical cataract patient. However, these lenses depend on precise positioning. A small offset in centration may result in significant higher order aberrations such as coma, along with significant visual impairment. These negative spherical aberration IOLs are contra-indicated...