On- and off-eye spherical aberration of soft contact lenses and consequent changes of effective lens power

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-134

  Dietze, Holger H ^a   Cox, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lens flexure; Ocular aberrations; Shack Hartmann aberrometer; Soft contact lenses; Spherical aberration

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; WAVEFRONTS;

LENS POWER; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS POWER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; SENSOR; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0037323304     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200302000-00008     Document Type: Article

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