May 2007
Volume 48, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2007
Predicting Depth of Focus in Pseudophakic Eyes With Aspheric IOLs Using a Customized Polychromatic Modeling
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • J. Tabernero
    Laboratorio de Optica, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  • P. Piers
    AMO, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • P. Artal
    Laboratorio de Optica, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships J. Tabernero, AMO Groningen, F; P. Piers, AMO Groningen, E; P. Artal, AMO Groningen, F.
  • Footnotes
    Support Advanced Medical Optics, Groningen, The Netherlands & MEC_FIS2004-2153 (Spain).
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2007, Vol.48, 3136. doi:
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      J. Tabernero, P. Piers, P. Artal; Predicting Depth of Focus in Pseudophakic Eyes With Aspheric IOLs Using a Customized Polychromatic Modeling. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(13):3136.

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Abstract

Purpose:: To extend the monochromatic customized modeling of pseudophakic eyes recently reported (Tabernero et al., IOVS, 47, 4651, 2006) including chromatic aberrations. This modeling will be used to predict the depth of focus of real eyes with different types of aspheric IOLs correcting various amounts of spherical aberration.

Methods:: We applied the customized model in a group of pseudophakic eyes. IOLs alignment was measured using a research-prototype instrument and corneal topographies were measured with a topographer. The actual data from the patients together with the geometry and optical properties (refractive index, dispersion) of the IOLs were imported into a ray tracing modeling. A monochromatic point-spread function (PSF) for each wavelength in the visible spectrum was calculated and then the averaged white-light PSF (weighted by the visual sensitivity function). From PSF data, the polychromatic MTFs for each subject and for different amounts of defocus (between -1 and 1 D) were calculated. Three different IOLs designs were tested: a design that balances the average value of corneal SA (Tecnis, AMO, Santa Ana, CA) a design that induces zero value of SA, and a conventional spherical IOL that adds positive SA with values depending on its power.

Results:: The average value of depth of focus obtained from the real data in all patients was not compromised by the level of corneal SA corrected by the IOLs. The differences found among the lenses were less when polychromatic light was used in place of monochromatic light. This suggests that the highest benefit could arise from the combined correction of both spherical and chromatic aberrations in IOLs.

Conclusions:: We developed a realistic "virtual surgery" modeling to predict the polychromatic optical performance after IOL implantation. This approach was applied in a group of pseudophakic patients to predict depth of focus with different IOL designs. In real eyes depth of focus was similar with or without correction of spherical aberration. We also predicted that the best performance would be achieved by correcting simultaneously both chromatic and spherical aberrations in future IOL designs.

Keywords: intraocular lens • optical properties 
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