New compact open-field double-pass system with asymmetric focus

Every day more people are using multifocal systems to correct presbyopia, as for example contact lenses or intraocular lenses. As a consequence, the necessity to do an appropriate characterization of their optical quality has increased. Due to this situation, the main purpose of this project has bee...

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Authors: Giner Tort, Anna|||0000-0002-5487-979X, Arjona Carbonell, Mª Montserrat|||0000-0001-9040-8410, Díaz Douton, Fernando|||0000-0003-3699-015X, Aldaba Arévalo, Mikel|||0000-0001-5835-4395, García Guerra, Carlos Enrique|||0000-0001-7013-9938, Sanabria Ortega, Fernando Guillermo|||0000-0003-0326-6878, Pujol Ramo, Jaume|||0000-0003-0811-9244
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/117399
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/117399
https://dx.doi.org/10.7149/OPA.51.1.49057
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ophthalmic lenses
Visual acuity
Presbyopia
Multifocal intraocular lenses
Double-pass
Through-focus
Presbicia
Lentes intraoculares multifocales
Doble-paso
Lents oftàlmiques
Agudesa visual
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la visió::Optometria
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Summary:Every day more people are using multifocal systems to correct presbyopia, as for example contact lenses or intraocular lenses. As a consequence, the necessity to do an appropriate characterization of their optical quality has increased. Due to this situation, the main purpose of this project has been to develop a new compact open-field double-pass system with asymmetric focus that characterizes objectively in vivo the optical quality of multifocal systems that are adapted or implanted in the eye. As a preliminary study, one diffractive and one refractive multifocal lens were implanted in a wet customized model-eye and characterized by this new set-up. Regarding the asymmetric focus of the set-up, a through-focus from +0.75 to -4.00D in steps of 0.25D was performed in the second pass for each tested lens,while the optical power of the first pass remained fixed. Results show that it is possible to distinguish, characterize the different foci of the measured multifocal intraocular lenses implanted in the model eye, and evaluate the optical quality of the system composed by the eye + the multifocal element. Therefore, it has been concluded that this new compact open-field double-pass system with asymmetric focus is suitable to evaluate the optical quality of multifocal systems adapted or implanted in the eye.