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Computerized calculation scheme for bitoric eikonic intraocular lenses
Author(s) -
Langenbucher Achim,
Seitz Berthold
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00109.x
Subject(s) - magnification , optics , lens (geology) , distortion (music) , intraocular lens , astigmatism , optical power , computer science , ray tracing (physics) , mathematics , physics , amplifier , computer network , laser , bandwidth (computing)
Despite full correction of the corneal astigmatism with toric intraocular lenses, the retinal image is distorted and the lateral image‐object magnification is different in different meridians. The purpose of this study is to describe an iteration strategy for tracing an axial pencil of rays through the ‘optical system eye’ containing astigmatic refractive surfaces with their axes at random to calculate a thick bitoric lens implant which eliminates image distortion. The capabilities of this computing scheme are demonstrated with two clinical examples. We present a mathematically straightforward computer‐based strategy for the calculation of thick bitoric eikonic lens implants. The iteration algorithm is initialized with a spherical front and a toric back surface and stepwise decreases the image distortion by adding cylinder lenses to the front lens surface corrected by the toric lens back surface. Total magnification can be modulated by varying the front‐to‐back surface power of the thick lens.