Clinical assessment of chromatic aberration in phakic and pseudophakic eyes using a simple autorefractor

We describe a psychophysical method and a simple setup – an autorefractor with a Scheiner disc, sequentially illuminated with red and blue lights – for the clinical assessment of the longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) in phakic and pseudophakic patients. This method applies to the unaccommodate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Millán García Varela, María Sagrario, Vega Lerin, Fidel, Poyales Galán, Francisco, Garzón Jiménez, Nuria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/13469
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13469
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:681.784
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Aberration
Chromatic aberration
Phakic eye
Pseudophakic eye
Autorefractor
Monofocal lenses
Optometría
Óptica oftálmica
Óptica geométrica e instrumental
2209.15 Optometría
2209.06 Óptica geométrica
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Sumario:We describe a psychophysical method and a simple setup – an autorefractor with a Scheiner disc, sequentially illuminated with red and blue lights – for the clinical assessment of the longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) in phakic and pseudophakic patients. This method applies to the unaccommodated eye, even in the presence of positive or negative refractive errors and astigmatism. It measures the chromatic difference of refraction as an estimate of LCA. We built a proof of concept from inexpensive and off-the-shelf optomechanical components with which we obtained the preliminary clinical results presented in the paper. We considered one control group of phakic patients and three groups of pseudophakic patients with monofocal implants of different designs and materials. The results, satisfactory and consistent with those reported by other researchers in related works, demonstrate the method and system feasibility.