Imaging Performance of a Diffractive Corneal Inlay for Presbyopia in a Model Eye

[EN] In this work we evaluated the imaging properties of the Diffractive Corneal Inlay (DCI), a novel type of corneal implant working by diffraction that we proposed for the treatment of presbyopia. ZEMAX OpticStudio software was employed for the numerical assessment, with simulations performed in a...

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Autores: Montagud-Martínez, Diego, Machado-Olivares, Federico Jose, FURLAN, WALTER DANIEL, Ferrando, Vicente|||0000-0002-7434-7109, Monsoriu Serra, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-3350-7951
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/144221
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/144221
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Corneal inlays
Diffractive lenses
Presbyopia, Optical design
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Resumo:[EN] In this work we evaluated the imaging properties of the Diffractive Corneal Inlay (DCI), a novel type of corneal implant working by diffraction that we proposed for the treatment of presbyopia. ZEMAX OpticStudio software was employed for the numerical assessment, with simulations performed in a human-based eye model. In the ray tracing analysis, we used the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), the Area under the MTF (AMTF), and the Point Spread Function (PSF). The theoretical performance of the DCI under different situations was evaluated in comparison with a commercially available pinhole based corneal inlay. Finally, real images were obtained experimentally in vitro in a model eye with inlays prototypes. The obtained results allow to state that the DCI exhibits a very high light throughput, improved imaging capabilities for far and near objects, and robustness against decentrations.