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Wavefront Measurement in Ophthalmology

Aberrometry Through the Eyes of an Engineer

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Wavefront sensing or aberration measurement in the eye is a key problem in refractive surgery and vision correction with laser. The accuracy of these measurements is critical for the outcome of the surgery. Practically all clinical methods use laser as a source of light. To better understand the background, we analyze the pre-laser techniques developed over centuries. They allowed new discoveries of the nature of the optical system of the eye, and many served as prototypes for laser-based wavefront sensing technologies. Hartmann’s test was strengthened by Platt’s lenslet matrix and the CCD two-dimensional photodetector acquired a new life as a Hartmann-Shack sensor in Heidelberg. Tscherning’s aberroscope, invented in France, was transformed into a laser device known as a Dresden aberrometer, having seen its reincarnation in Germany with Seiler’s help. The clinical ray tracing technique was brought to life by Molebny in Ukraine, and skiascopy was created by Fujieda in Japan. With the maturation of these technologies, new demands now arise for their wider implementation in optometry and vision correction with customized contact and intraocular lenses.

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Molebny, V. (2013). Wavefront Measurement in Ophthalmology. In: Tuchin, V. (eds) Handbook of Coherent-Domain Optical Methods. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5176-1_9

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