Optical and visual performance of aspheric soft contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Efron, Suzanne ^a   Efron, Nathan ^b   Morgan, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Aspheric lens design; Soft contact lens; Subjective appreciation; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

SOFT CONTACT LENS; SUBJECTIVE APPRECIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LENS POWER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 43249129866     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318165100a     Document Type: Article

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